lift girders
    Carvill John 
    johncarvill at hotmail.com
       
    Sat Nov 11 05:51:36 CST 2006
    
    
  
Think 'lift' in this context is a verb.
>
>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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