Skinner, Frank W. (Frank Woodward), 1858-1932 · New York, McGraw · leaf 391
es are generally noticeably utilitarian.In some cases the masonry abutments and wing walls were madeunnecessarily massive so as to be more conspicuous than theplate girders and permit artistic treatment. In one of the long-est spans the effect of an elliptical arch is produced with plategirders… … EXAMPLES OF PLATE GIRDER CONSTRUCTION 375 construction are so obviously characteristic of plate girder prac-tice that it is illustrated here rather than in the volume ofTypes and Details which deals solely with arches. The span is about 66 ft. long, 31 ft. wide, and 11 ft. deepover all, and has…
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