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Reservoir roof of unreinforced arches
To save steel in constructing water supply improvements at Springfield, Vt, reservoir was built with walls, columns, and roof all of plain concrete, roof consisting of series of grained arches; after walls had been constructed for greater part of their height and columns to full height, roof was built in alternate sections; floor, also free of steel, was added last.
Reservoir roof of unreinforced arches
To save steel in constructing water supply improvements at Springfield, Vt, reservoir was built with walls, columns, and roof all of plain concrete, roof consisting of series of grained arches; after walls had been constructed for greater part of their height and columns to full height, roof was built in alternate sections; floor, also free of steel, was added last.
Reservoir roof of unreinforced arches
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 131
1943
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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