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A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and a boom hinged at its base to provide articulation, as in a stiffleg derrick. The most basic type of ...
A gin pole in use loading logs A gin pole used to install a weather vane atop the 200-foot steeple of a church Roof trusses being assembled with gin poles. A gin pole is a mast supported by one or more guy-wires that uses a pulley or block and tackle mounted on its upper end to lift loads. The lower end is braced or set in a shallow hole and ...
Shear legs are a lifting device related to the gin pole, derrick and tripod (lifting device). Shears are an A-frame of any kind of material such as timbers or metal, the feet resting on or in the ground or on a solid surface which will not let them move and the top held in place with guy-wires or guy ropes simply called "guys".
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Guyed steel lattice mast 100 Aircraft collision Hit by a B-29. [4] Ochsenkopf, West Germany January 1958: Guyed steel tube mast 50 Ice Replaced by concrete tower KAYS-TV Tower, Hays, Kansas: May 29, 1959: Guyed steel tube mast 224 Storm with 105 kt winds [5] Top 150 m of the tower toppled. Replaced within three months by a mast 251 m tall.
The bird deaths on Chicago's shores also prompted the Milwaukee County Zoo to close its aviary "out of an abundance of caution." In an announcement, the zoo said the closure would last "for the ...
Pages in category "Manufacturing companies based in Chicago" The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Average CEO Pay is calculated using the last year a director sat on the board of each company. Stock returns do not include dividends. All directors refers to people who sat on the board of at least one Fortune 100 company between 2008 and 2012. The Pay Pals project relies on financial research conducted by the Center for Economic Policy and ...