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bearing wall A wall that helps support the weight of the upper floors and roof. See load-bearing wall. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The building needed a street presence, but misplaced loading docks and switchgear room, an entry five feet above grade, insufficient elevators, excess stairwells and a 12-story bearing wall each stood in the way. The limonitic clay-rich hanging-wall veins and white clay-sercite-pyrite bearing wall rocks did not contain significant gold values. Dunn--like others who spoke at the hearing--wants the code to prohibit future WTC-like structures (which consisted of a hollow tube bearing wall with long truss floors. |
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