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However, my constituent lost his life through faulty stays on thecrosstreesof a mast.
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Thecrosstreesare 22ft m long and 12 in square in section, as are the quarterbars.
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Thecrosstreesare 22ftm 2 long, by convert10 in section.
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Thecrosstreesare 22ft m long, of normal section.
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All seven lower steel masts were secured by five (foremast: six) shrouds per side, the wooden topmasts with four shrouds per side to thecrosstrees.
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It is unusual in having 3crosstreesand 6 quarterbars.
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Both masts were snapped off above thecrosstrees(about seven-eighths of the way up each mast), the upper parts left hanging dangerously from the remaining upright parts of the masts.
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At these points a smaller top might be constructed, but it is more usual simply to leave the shroud-bearing struts open, in which case they are known ascrosstrees.
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