From the October 3, 1936, issue

STEEL AND CONCRETE HOLD 8,000,000-POUND LOAD

Giant, 24-foot-long columns of steel and concrete have been tested at the National Bureau of Standards with equipment capable of exerting a maximum of 10,000,000 pounds. As much as 8,314,000-pounds load was exerted on the concrete-incased steel columns while only 5,853,000 was applied to similar steel columns alone.