Skinner, Frank W. (Frank Woodward), 1858-1932 · New York, McGraw · leaf 56
ly be erected without interrupting rail-road or highway traffic. SJiippiiig a yi-To7i Givder. —The center girder of a throughbridge carrying four tracks of the New York Central & HudsonRiver Railroad, at Oriskany, N. Y., is 87 ft. long, 11 ft. high,and 2 ft. wide, and weighs 142,000 lbs. It was… … Shipping a 71-ton Girder. gether and extending across the car floor to which they weresecured in the center by a vertical 2-in. kingbolt. The bolt headwas countersunk into the top of the sill and allowed the girder toswivel in passing around curves. The ends of the sills wereshod with iron plates,…
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