ARCHES lllilillilllliillll Ease of Installation of the Detrick Arch THE illustrations on this and the opposite page picture the details of construc-tion and the ease of installation of the Detrick Arch. The tile numbersreferred to are shown in detail on page nine. … First, the beams are laid on top of theboiler walls. The entire arch is suspend-ed from these beams and it will be notedthat any pressure the weight of the archmight exert must be straight downward.This eliminates any necessity for buck-stays and skew-back irons demandedby the sprung arch.
Building materials · Masonry · Refractory masonry · Flat arch
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