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 294
, aud well spiked. Fig. 137 is a cross-section of a large dairybarn; it clearly shows the general arrangementof stalls, mangers, gutters, etc., all constructedout of cement laid on solid ground. The stallpartitions are built up out of wrought-iron barsand pipes, leaving nothing to get out of order… … Fig. 138. Self-Supporting Roof Construction. out of plank; and the roof is self-supporting,without posts or purlins, through each set ofrafters being braced, forming a continuous archfrom one sill to the other. This roof gives an enormous capacity to the 262 FRAMING hay room, and is well braced…
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