The vertical post which is shown in the act of breaking down under the load of the cruiser 'Brooklyn' is drawn to scale and represents the lower chord member of the Quebec bridge which failed by buckling through the rupture of the latticing. Theoretically this member should have carried 320 tons; actually it failed under 8000 tons. GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF THE ENORMOUS LOAD WHICH THE COLLAPSED QUEBEC BRIDGE BOTTOM CHORD WAS SUPPOSED TO CARRY WITH A MARGIN OF SAFETY. 0 CROSPUTON QUEBEC BRINE cRo.u-sreo OP HELLCAT( BRI06f loit-SECrioN OF 130770.' C'400 FORTH BRIO61 4.4 1., scientific american, 1907-10-12
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