girders
- plural of girder.
Example Sentences
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Girders gave way, walls collapsed, suction pumps worked overtime, but still the marquise searched.
From Time Magazine Archive
Footings 3.5 Columns 6.8 Sides 22.6 Girders 11.0 Top 20.0 Floor 19.1 —— Total 83.0 Fig.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
Girders were molded like columns in three-sided forms; the saving in form work was somewhat less than in the case of columns, but it was material.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
Cast Girders for the builder is also a novel article.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben
Girders "B."—Eighteen of these girders were required, each weighing about 6,000 lb.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad The Terminal Station - West by Cresson, Benjamin Franklin
