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La Salle Street Bridge, Chicago, splendid example of modern timber floor construction
3 figs Floor arrangement consists in main of plank subfloor laid transversely on stringer, and on top of that second layer of tongue and groove strips laid longitudinally; this construction gives very wide distribution of load to subfloor, thus cutting down its thickness and, consequently, weight.
La Salle Street Bridge, Chicago, splendid example of modern timber floor construction
3 figs Floor arrangement consists in main of plank subfloor laid transversely on stringer, and on top of that second layer of tongue and groove strips laid longitudinally; this construction gives very wide distribution of load to subfloor, thus cutting down its thickness and, consequently, weight.
La Salle Street Bridge, Chicago, splendid example of modern timber floor construction
Wood Preserving News
1930
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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