Fred T. Hodgson · Frederick J. Drake and Co. · leaf 466
ncrete Power Plant in Course ofConstruction, In the Ransome columns as exemplified in a recentlyconstructed factory building (Fig. 7), the vertical re-inforcement consists of round rods with the connectionsmade about 12 inches above the floor line; in order that 462 CEMENTS AND CONCRETES these rods… … Fig. 10.-Slafos of Concrete Ready for Roof. made from Vt inch diameter soft wire, having a pitchor spacing of 4 inches in the basement columns, andgradually increasing to a pitch of 6 inches in the topstory (Fig. 12). According to Mr. Henry Longcope the first innova-tion in concrete piles was the…