lift girders

[David Morris]

Can you provide a few lines of context?

We know what a girder is (a primary beam in a steel frame structure),
and we know what a lift is (an elevator).  So a "lift girder" could
mean a part of the structural frame in an elevator shaft.

David Morris

On 11/10/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Was going to ask this long ago. Just now remembered. I couldn't find the
> term "lift girder" in any dictionary, even google didn't yield anything
> coherent. So what do "lift girders" (in the beginning of GR) exactly mean,
> and in which way are they different from girders proper? (Sorry if that was
> asked before, but I couldn't find anything in the archives as well).
>
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