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Types and details of bridge construction (1904)

Skinner, Frank W. (Frank Woodward), 1858-1932 · New York, McGraw · leaf 356

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small clear-ance, and the space betweenthem outside the rubber isfilled with compressible S^i^i^ P/afes.^:^^!^packing. The steelworkweighs over six and a halfmillion pounds, and costabout $250,000. The steel troughs wereassembled complete on aplatform 360 ft. long on theriver bank at one end ofthe… … Rubber. Expansion Connection at Abutment. 340 Bridge construction all were completed and in place. Seven spans were assembledand launched from the right bank of the river, and eight fromthe left bank ; they met on the anchorage pier where theywere riveted together. The aqueduct was supported…

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