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More than 180 mi of piano wire carefully stressed to predetermined loading are embedded in new 5-mg reservoir serving Rockford, Ill; side walls, 525 ft in circumference, were constructed by slipform method; concrete dome roof is unsupported by columns; diagram shows schedule of wire winding.
More than 180 mi of piano wire carefully stressed to predetermined loading are embedded in new 5-mg reservoir serving Rockford, Ill; side walls, 525 ft in circumference, were constructed by slipform method; concrete dome roof is unsupported by columns; diagram shows schedule of wire winding.
World's largest covered prestressed tank
Am City
Merz, H.S. (author)
American City ; 63
1948
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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