1952 Earthquakes of Kern County, California |
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acceleration Accelerograph anchor bolts Arvin auditorium August 29 Bakersfield Bank of Tehachapi BEEKAY BOND BEAMS bowstring trusses brick wall California CEILING CONC concrete block concrete walls construction corner cracks Cummings Valley dead load E. A. Verner FIGURE epicenter F Streets F. E. McClure feet gravity Green Street ground H. J. Degenkolb FIGURE Highway inch diameter inch round J. V. Schwafel joist anchors Juanita Hotel July 25 Kern County Earthquake L. L. Wise lateral forces Lincoln School lower chord masonry walls MERCALLI INTENSITY SCALE Milton Ludwig Note lack Paloma Refinery parapet parapet wall Photographs of Tehachapi Prison for Women purlins R. B. Kavinoky R. G. Dean reinforced concrete Robinson Street rod bracing seismic Southern Pacific Southern Pacific Railroad STEEL TRUSSES straight sheathing Structural Engineer stucco STUD WALL T. D. Wosser Tank Tehachapi State Prison turnbuckle undamaged vertical Vineland visible damage walls and wood Warehouse Wheeler Ridge wood roof