Sentence examples for trusses that from inspiring English sources

The trusses that held the roof were weak and the basement columns began to collapse.

It can be prefabricated using metal connectors into trusses that span up to 45 metres (150 feet).

The set ($36) consists of 10 trusses that can be assembled into anything in a child's (or adult's) imagination.

Three of the wrought iron trusses that spanned the old drill hall were left exposed to the sky.

Most bridges built during the early years of Interstate construction used trusses that had just enough structural members to maintain their rigidity.

Five 5-ton to 30-ton cranes still hang from the steel trusses that were used to lift giant engines and propellers.

The main pavilion of Terminal 6 has a deep roof truss that rests on 16 enormous cylindrical concrete columns.

It had a corrugated-iron roof on a truss that let hot air escape, and we sat on a sofa.

A particular instance of this is the English hammer-beam roof, which was a kind of corbeled truss that could span quite long distances.

High above them, on the top of a steel truss that arched over the stage, lay one dancer, Cassandre Joseph, who peered down secretively at her companions.

A successful launching of Zvezda would be followed in September by the first piece of the truss that would be the backbone of the space station.