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STEEL RAILWAY VIADUCT

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CIVIL EiNGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

PRESENTED JUNE 1906

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UNIVERSITY OP ILLINOIS

May 24, 1906

This is to certify that the thesis prepared under the

immediate direction of Assistant Professor P. 0. Diifour by

GEORGE NOBLE TOOPS

entitled INVESTIGATION OF A STEEL VIADUCT

is approved by me as fiilfilling this part of the requirements for

the Decree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.

Head of Department of Civil Engineering

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