California Progress Great Projects Which Overcome Handicaps of the Past And Pr
California Progress Great Projects Which Overcome Handicaps of the Past And Pr
Herbert Edward Floercky
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If you would tie a rope around a tree and pull to one side with great force you might bend or break the tree. If another rope, with an equal force at its end, were pulling in the other direction, the tree would not bend in either direction. The pull on one side would brace it against the pull on the other. That is the idea on which these tandem suspension bridges are built, so that the weight of 38, 000, 000 pounds on one side is offset by the pull of 38, 000, 000 pounds on the other side. The ...center anchorage, rising 508 feet from bed- rock, contains twice the cubic content of the Russ Building in San Francisco, which is 3 1 stories tall. 60 CALIFORNIA PROGRESS Between Yerba Buena Island and the city of Oakland the bridge is a cantilever and truss structure more than two miles long, but supported by many great piers. Most of the great bridges built before have no more than five or six piers, but this bridge will rest on 5 1 piers between San Francisco and Oakland. Artist's conception of the 1400 foot cantilever span of the East Bay crossing as it will appear when completed, with the city of Oakland in the background A D .
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