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CONSOLIDATED STEEL CORPORATION 



SAFE LOADS FOR BETHLEHEM I-BEAMS 

 USED AS COLUMNS 



IN TONS OF 1000 KILOGRAMS 

 SQUARE ENDS 



Allowable stress per square centimeter: 

 925 kilograms for lengths under 52 radii. 

 1125-3.87 for lengths over 52 radii. 



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

 of least radius of gyration. 



