Some Structures Employing Laced Struts or Ties
- The Eiffel Tower.
- The obsolescent eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. The western span has been retrofitted with bolted plates replacing the lacing for added strength.
- The internal structure of the Statue of Liberty.
- The sides of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge.
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Famous quotes containing the words structures, employing, laced, struts and/or ties:
“The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in its totality, in its structure: posterity discovers it in the stones with which he built and with which other structures are subsequently built that are frequently better—and so, in the fact that that structure can be demolished and yet still possess value as material.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
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“Time now to pack this humpty-dumpty
back the frightened way she came
and run alongnne, and run along now,
my stomach laced up like a football
for the game.”
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“Out, out, brief candle.
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
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“Sudden and swift and light as that
The ties gave,
And he learned of finalities
Beside the grave.”
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