Alton and Southern Railroad replaced several badly corroded steel roof trusses in engine house at East St. Louis, Ill, with new trusses fabricated entirely from aluminum alloy structural shapes and rivets. Indexed in Engineering Index 1946 p 991, from Ry Age Aug 31 1946. (see also Eng News-Rec v 138 n 20 May 20 1947 p 820-1)


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    Title :

    Engine house gets aluminum roof trusses


    Additional title:

    Int Ry Congress Assn -- Bul



    Publication date :

    1946


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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