Popular science monthly . Yi,^_ Above: The steelframes hangingfrom the end of thecantilever arm. Thepicture shows thehanging trusses inplace. To the right:The wind-bracing Below: The sus-pend :d span, weigh-ing 5C00 tons, pho-tographed at the massstruck the water. 73^2 Popular Science Monthly If the reader will pause a uioinent tolook at the acxoiiipan\in^ photograph ofthe bridge, he will note a series ofperfectly good cajjital Ks made up ofvertical steel posts and diagonal picture shows also the traveler,which is nothing more or less than agreat steel towercarrying gigan
Popular science monthly . Yi,^_ Above: The steelframes hangingfrom the end of thecantilever arm. Thepicture shows thehanging trusses inplace. To the right:The wind-bracing Below: The sus-pend :d span, weigh-ing 5C00 tons, pho-tographed at the massstruck the water. 73^2 Popular Science Monthly If the reader will pause a uioinent tolook at the acxoiiipan\in^ photograph ofthe bridge, he will note a series ofperfectly good cajjital Ks made up ofvertical steel posts and diagonal picture shows also the traveler,which is nothing more or less than agreat steel towercarrying giganticmovable cranes ontop to handle theheavy pieces ofsteel, some weigh-ing one hundredtons. By examin-ing the diagram ofthe bridge, it willbe seen that bothnorth and southsections of tlu-bridge, symmetric-al about the mainpiers, are made u|)of a series of K systemhas a number of
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