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They are tubes made from four or from eight sections rolled in the usual way and riveted together at their flanges. When necessary, such columns are joined together by cast-iron joint-blocks, with circular tenons which fit into the hollows of each tube. To join two bars to resist a strain of tension, links or eye-bars are used from three to six inches wide, and as long as may be needed.
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