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CONSOLIDATED STEEL CORPORATION 



SAFE LOADS FOR BETHLEHEM GIRDER 

 BEAMS USED AS COLUMNS 



IN TONS OF 2000 POUNDS 

 SQUARE ENDS 



Allowable stress per square inch: 



13,000 pounds for lengths under 55 radii. 



16,000 55 for lengths over 55 radii. 



Beams not secured against yielding sideways and free to fail in direction 

 of least radius of gyration. 



