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les, eye bars, rods with screw ends, and plates, all holding together the larger beams and other pieces.
Another problem back then was that American engineers did not trust rivets. Rivets were heavily used in Europe. Europeans could drill accurate holes in metal; Americans could only punch holes in metal. In the U.S., there was also a belief that rivets nearest to a strain area would take the bulk of the load, and in extreme cases shear off. Nuts and bolts were deemed
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