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Building 82-acre concrete roof with traveling retractable forms
Ribs protruding below barrel arch concrete roof required ingenious form planning to permit use of traveling carriage; forms were dropped 4 1/2 ft to pass under ribs, then rolled ahead on timber frames supported on artillery wheels; chain hoists were used to raise roof form to its new position; over 100,000 cu yd of concrete poured for 82 acre roof in 6 mo during fall and winter.
Building 82-acre concrete roof with traveling retractable forms
Ribs protruding below barrel arch concrete roof required ingenious form planning to permit use of traveling carriage; forms were dropped 4 1/2 ft to pass under ribs, then rolled ahead on timber frames supported on artillery wheels; chain hoists were used to raise roof form to its new position; over 100,000 cu yd of concrete poured for 82 acre roof in 6 mo during fall and winter.
Building 82-acre concrete roof with traveling retractable forms
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 130
1943
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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