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Definition of Supporting tower
1. Noun. A tower that serves to support something.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supporting Tower
Literary usage of Supporting tower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Waterworks Distribution: A Practical Guide to the Laying Out of Systems of by John Ambrose McPherson (1907)
"The supporting tower is constructed of New Red Sandstone, and has a very imposing
... The interior of the supporting tower is divided by a mid wall, ..."
2. Proceedings of the IRE. by Institute of Radio Engineers (1915)
"... which is not the case with the self-supporting tower. I recall one instance
where $10000 was paid for the ground necessary for guying the steel masts. ..."
3. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1904)
"These girder spans, the 170-ft. pin span, the supporting tower, and the 250-ft.
pin span were overthrown, as shown in Plates ..."
4. Railway Engineer (1905)
"... the supporting tower, and the 250-ft. pin span were overthrown. The bridge
carries a 25-ft. roadway and two 8-ft. walks. The flooring for the roadway ..."
5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"The supporting tower on the Brooklyn side is just N. of the Fulton ferry house;
the New York tower is at pier 29, near the foot of Roosevelt street. ..."
6. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"The superstructure of the crane consists of a rigid supporting tower and a
revolving mast supported at the foundation and at the top of the tower ; the mast ..."
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