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Types and details of bridge construction (1904)

Skinner, Frank W. (Frank Woodward), 1858-1932 · New York, McGraw · leaf 158

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or troublesome assembling. In the elevation of thetransverse girder both stringer connections should, of course,be alike, but in order to show both fixed and sliding connections,the one over the batter post is shown with an expansion seat andthe stringer removed, and the other connection shows a… … 142 BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION Des Moines River.—The 39 ft. 3 in. tower girders of theDes Moines River viaduct of the Chicago Great Western Rail-way, are seated with their lower flanges bearing on the tops ofthe trestle columns and nearly covering them. They are riv-eted to the column cap plates, and…

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