fish-belly girder

plural fish-belly girders

1. alternativeAlternative form of fish belly girder.

   There are two center and two side sills, all four being fish-belly girders.

   1905 June 20, “Railroad News. […]”, in The Topeka State Journal, last edition, Topeka, Kan., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 4

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   The deck of the bridge will be of concrete supported and bonded to some old steel fish-belly girders which the Council acquired some years ago.

   1951 July 17, “Progress of Bridge on Sheepstation Ck.”, in The Townsville Daily Bulletin, volume LXXI, Townsville, Qld., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 5

   IRT Composites shown in 1930 after they had been removed from subway service and placed on the els. Center door and fish-belly girder are later additions.

   1979, Brian J. Cudahy, “The Birth of the Interborough”, in Under the Sidewalks of New York: The Story of the Greatest Subway System in the World, Brattleboro, Vt.: The Stephen Greene Press, →ISBN, page 29