03-12-2012, 05:38 AM
Hi!
I'm actually planning to build a few gondola loads, chiefly steel beams loaded on Pennsylvania cars: era 1950s.
I would like to know what was the typical color for beams when the were shipped to customers. While surveying many buildings, I often remarked roof trusses and beams from 1920s-1960s building were painted black. Was it a standard practice. Nowadays, you find gray, red and other primer colors on steel member (a lot of gray in fact).
Thank you.
Matt
I'm actually planning to build a few gondola loads, chiefly steel beams loaded on Pennsylvania cars: era 1950s.
I would like to know what was the typical color for beams when the were shipped to customers. While surveying many buildings, I often remarked roof trusses and beams from 1920s-1960s building were painted black. Was it a standard practice. Nowadays, you find gray, red and other primer colors on steel member (a lot of gray in fact).
Thank you.
Matt
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