Radford's cyclopedia of construction; carpentry, building and architecture. Based on the practical experience of a large staff of experts in actual constrcution work (1909)
Johnson, Alfred Sidney, 1860-, Radford, William A., 1865- · Chicago Radford Architectural Co · leaf 343
ofbracket is easy to move from one job to another,which is a great convenience. Timber-Framed Road Bridge. Fig. 261illustrates a small wooden Howe truss bridge.The top and bottom chords are made u^) of threeor more parallel timbers c c c, placed a smalldistance apart so as to let the tubes on the… … Fig. 261. Howe Truss for Wooden Bridge. blocks (see Fig. 262), which are usually madeof cast iron, being hollow and about one-halfinch thick and strengthened by inner ribs.These blocks extend across the three or morechord pieces, having two or more hollow tubes
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