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Beam or Girder.

Description: Patent for a new and improved girder. This design is "composed of a vertical web and a flange or flanges, a mass of the metal in a flange or flanges projecting from the web at and near one-half the distance between the axis and the neutral line" (lines 48-53).
Date: December 24, 1889
Creator: Cousins, Robert Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Building Fall]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 18, 1983, 12:00 p.m.
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Higgins Tornado Damage]

Description: Photograph of the destroyed Laubhan and Schwab Hardware store after a tornado. The ground is covered with wreckage, including wooden planks and beams, tables and chairs. Four men in jackets and hats stand on top of the wreckage in the center of the photo. Shelves remain standing in the background. Across the bottom are the words, "Laubhan & Schwab Hdwe. Bring on the Bulldozer."
Date: 1949
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Photograph of Higgins Tornado Damage]

Description: Photograph of the Alamo Theater wreckage in Higgins, Texas after a tornado. There are three parts of cinder-block walls still standing. The foreground is covered with destroyed parts, including wooden planks and metal beams. In the background are three buildings still standing. The words, "Wreckage of Alamo Theatre Higgins, Texas" are across the bottom of the photograph.
Date: 1949
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Photograph of Group with Belongings After Tornado]

Description: Photograph of two men and one woman bringing belongings into a school building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. The woman wears a coat and headscarf, the man in the center is bending down in front of a suitcase and wearing a leather jacket and hat, and the man beside him wears coveralls and a cap and carries blankets. The school building is in the background with trees in front of it. On the left side of the frame are parked cars. In the foreground is a tank and broken tree limbs and w… more
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Photograph of Men in Debris After Tornado]

Description: Photograph of two men standing on top of a metal beam in front of a damaged building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The building's windows are blown out. One man wear a leather jacket and hat and is pointing at the ground. The man behind him wears overalls and a cap. All over the ground is a pile of debris that includes bricks, beams, and wire.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Photograph of House and Debris After Tornado]

Description: Photograph of a damaged house after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. The awning of the porch is caving in. There are three trees on the sides of the house. In front of the house is a large pile of of debris that includes wooden beams and tree limbs.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Tour participants in Pavilion]

Description: Photograph of the tour members standing in and looking at the emptied out interior of the Pavilion at the Dallas Heritage Village. There are large hanging lights and exposed beams and planks in the ceiling. All of the walls have tall windows that reach to the floor. There are also ceiling fans.
Date: April 24, 2018
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Empty pavilion interior]

Description: Photograph of the emptied out interior of the Pavilion at the Dallas Heritage Village. There are large hanging lights and exposed beams and planks in the ceiling. All of the walls have tall windows that reach to the floor. There are also fans and a storage closet at the far end.
Date: April 24, 2018
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

High School Gymnasium, Ozona, Texas: Foundation Plan

Description: Foundation plan for a school gymnasium in Ozona, Texas. It includes a layout of the building's foundation, typical detail of steel placement in beams above 1st floor, typical detail of grade beam steel placement for adjacent beams with different top steel, typical footing, pier and column detail, column and footing schedule, and beam and stirrup types.
Date: 1949
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.
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