Deck renewal project on Huey P. Long bridge of New Orleans Public Belt Railroad involves 42,498 pieces of which, 34,304 members are bridge ties; to control cost of preframing timbers, modern timber framing plant was built; plant is 36-ft × 100-ft Butler prefabricated building of rigid frame construction; its production line operation involves tapering, cutting, dapping, surfacing, and boring.
Modern timber framing plant
Ry Track Structures
Railway Track and Structures ; 54 , n 3
1958
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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