Identifier: architectenginee11534sanf (find matches)
Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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, erec-tion of which, under the revised scheduleoccasioned by the fender plan changes,will not commence until the latter part ofthe current year, has been rolled andshipped to the fabricating plants in Penn-sylvania in quantities sufficient to providefabricated material representing a towerheight of 480 feet when erected. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 49 ► FEBRUARY, NINETEEN THIRTV-FOUR It is planned to slow up this portion ofthe work for the time being in order toobviate the necessity for payment of in-terest on material not actually needed forerection. As the time approaches when the fabri-cated steel will again be needed it isplanned to once more speed up the workin the eastern plants. however, involves approximately betterthan 80 per cent of the entire anchoragejob. With the anchorages in place, u^ork onpylons Si, fronting Fort Winfield Scott onthe San Francisco side, and pylon Nl, onthe north side of the Golden Gate, is pro-gressing rapidly. Pylon Si, which will support the sea-
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GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, SHOWING LOCATION OF PYLON GI WITH MARINTOWER ERECTION IN THE BACKGROUND Suspension Cable AnchoragesThe gigantic anchorages on the Marinand San Francisco sides of the GoldenGate, which will support the two suspen-sion cables, already have been completedup to the first stage. The second stage ofanchorage construction consisting of thepouring of the weight blocks and the con-creting of the face of the anchor blockcannot be undertaken until the cables havebeen spun. This first stage of the work. ward side of the arch over Fort Scott, hasbeen completed to a height of 113 feet abovehigh water level and now towers abovethe fort itself. This pylon will be carried toa point 181.5 feet above high water levelbefore it is temporarily discontinued forcable spinning. After the cables have been spun the py-lon will be completed to its total height of250 feet. In the construction of pylon Nl the an- THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 50 ► FEBRUARY, NINETEEN THIRTY-FOUR chorage steel h

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