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William McManus Sr.

Although The Following Images Are Not Perfect In Quality, They Do Present Information Never Seen Before About The Texas Towers.

	Plans To Add X Bracing To The Texas Towers, The X Bracing Was On Tower #4, But Never Added To Towers 2 & 3. It Is Believed That The X Bracing Was The Final Design Failure That Was Implemented That Caused The Tower Number 4 To Fall Into The Ocean Killing The Remaining Personal Onboard. I Believe The K Bracing Put Too Much Stress On The Thin Tower Legs And The Reinforced Sleeves Near The Water Line. This Caused A Crack On One Of The Legs And Allowing Ocean Water To Enter The Legs Where They Kept Fuel, And Fresh Drinking Water.
	Force Diagram Of Dead Loads & Vertical Lift Loads For Tower #4 As Planed For By Moran, Proctor, Mueser & Rutledge.
	Force Diagram Of Dead Loads & Vertical Lift Loads For Tower #2 As Planed For By Moran, Proctor, Mueser & Rutledge.
	Tower #2 Had Two Derricks, Towers 3 And 4 Only Had One
	Plans For Altered Bracing, That Was Never Implimented
	Leg C Always Pointed To The Sea
	Due To The Strong Current, All This Got Washed Away. They Tried To Replace The Rip Rap But The Currents Were Too Strong. The Currents Took 8 Feet Of The Rip Rap Away.