THE ST. Louis COUSEUM 



3 6 3 



3ZZ-3" 



Sectional Plan 



Rgure I. General Plan of Trusses& Framing 



Plan of Half Ring Connecting 

 Radial Trusses to Main Trusses 



Main Arches 

 Figure 2 - Cross Section Showing Construction of Main Arches 



FIG. 170. 



The loads, in accordance with which the trusses were figured, are 

 as follows: 



CASE I. 



Wooden deck and gravel of roof 17. 5 lbs - P er sq. ft - vertically 



Steel 12.5 ' 



Snow and wind 2 5 



Total 



55-0 



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