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Title: American engineer and railroad journal
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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es secured to web plates 9 x f^ in.and of various lengths to give the proper stiffness. To thissteel work are secured the hinges for the doors and the wholeis encased in concrete, only the hinges and conductor bracketsprojecting through. Between columns A is girder A reinforced on the bottom bytwo 6-in., 8-lb. channels riveted to the steel work of the col-umns. In addition there are other horizontal and vertical re-inforcing rods to suitably form the eaves and gutter and to tieto the beams. Columns B are reinforced by four J-s-in. plain round rods,which are tied every 12 in. with ^-in. wire ties. Columns B areconnected at the top by girder B, which has a total depth of 2ft. 10 in. and a width of 12 in., being reinforced on the bottomby five i-in. square twisted rods, 3 being straight and 2 lientup at the ends. Between girder A and girder B there are three beams, twocoming at the posts and one in the center, which have a total 219 220 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD TOLTRNAL June. 1911.
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June, 1911. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL 221 depth of 2 ft. 4 in. and a width of 9 in. These are reinforcedby three i^-in. square twisted rods, two straight and one bentup at the ends, together with the stirrups of M-in. round iron. Columns C are connected by girder C, which is the same asgirder B in section, but has five i,4-n. square twisted rods forreinforcing. Between girders C and B tliere are four beams,two at the posts and two spaced midway between, having asection the same as between A and B, but having four i-in.square twisted rods, two of which are bent up at the ends, inplace of three i;:i-in. rods. Between columns D is girder D, which is 2 ft. 10 in. in depthand 12 in. in width and is reinforced with four i-in. squaretwisted rods, two bent up at the ends and other reinforcing toform the eaves and gutter. Between girders C and D the samebeams as between B and C are continued. It will be noticed that the span between girders C and D isshorter than between C and B,

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