flat truss

construction

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use in building construction

  • construction of apartment buildings
    In construction: Steel long-span construction

    The flat truss was used also, reaching a maximum span of 91 metres (300 feet) in the Glenn L. Martin Co. Aircraft Assembly Building (1937) in Baltimore. Electric arc welding, another important steel technology, was applied to construction at this time, although the principle had been…

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