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Used by Texas Co. at Cushing; nine 150-ft. structural-steel towers, erected for purpose of attracting and grounding direct strikes of lightning; ordinary structural steel making up towers has been dipped in bath of hot galvanizing fluid; wooden roof tanks are covered by Johns-Manville asbestos vapor-tight insulating tank tops; exposed metal parts on top of roof are grounded by one-inch copper strips; equipment erected solely for purpose of preventing fires.
Used by Texas Co. at Cushing; nine 150-ft. structural-steel towers, erected for purpose of attracting and grounding direct strikes of lightning; ordinary structural steel making up towers has been dipped in bath of hot galvanizing fluid; wooden roof tanks are covered by Johns-Manville asbestos vapor-tight insulating tank tops; exposed metal parts on top of roof are grounded by one-inch copper strips; equipment erected solely for purpose of preventing fires.
Lightning rods for tank protection
Oil Weekly
Davis, W. (author)
Oil Weekly ; 49
1928
3 pages
4 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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