Skinner, Frank W. (Frank Woodward), 1858-1932 · New York, McGraw · leaf 219
ans of the Ver-non Avenue, city highway bridge, Greater New York, have their 202 BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION expansion ends supported on cast iron shoes and roller pedestalswhich are connected together by transverse horizontal steel keys.These are of unusual design resembling those sometimes usedabroad,… … Boone Viaduct, C. & N. W. Ry. the upper part of the pedestal. The convex upper side of thekey engages a circular half-hole bearing in the shoe, and forms apivot on which the girder can deflect without producing eccen-tric loading on the abutment or pier seat. CJiicago Great Western Railway. —…
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