06-01-2016, 06:23 PM
Drew Phipps Wrote:I would classify that portion of the image not as a gun but as a portion of a cross-support for the horizontal landing of the fire-escape. This bit goes "from 8:00 to 2:00" (on a clock face). The corresponding "11:00 to 4:00" is also visible just above. The two cross supports form an X, although much of the "X' is in shadow. This is a common way to brace steel.
That's what it looks like to me too - cross-bracing.