[29] Detail of girder and truss

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - Ramsey Abbey, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire): alterations and additions for W.H.Fellowes, 1804-07 (60)
    - Working drawings for trusses, July 1804 (2)

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Reference number

SM 77/2/33

Purpose

[29] Detail of girder and truss

Aspect

Girder & Truss full size

Scale

full size

Inscribed

as above, Ramsey Abbey, 6 Inches, AA, BB, D, The Truss A to be of good dry oak ... 5 by 4 / & the End capp^d with Iron as at BB / & the Girder when bolted together to / be Inch & ½ between / It is necessary that the bolt G should / be 6 Inches longer than the depth of / the Girder as it must be kept up / 6 Inches above the top when first put in / to draw the Girder Cambering

Signed and dated

00/07/1804
Copy of one sent to Cook / July 1804

Medium and dimensions

Pen, yellow and warm sepia washes, on laid paper (565 x 679)

Hand

Soane office

Level

Drawing

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