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Portland cement sidewalk construction (1909)

Universal Portland Cement Co., C. W. Boynton · Universal Portland Cement Co. · leaf 36

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odies is weak at best, a crack will invariably occur atthe juncture. A fractional part of a slab should never be left overupon suspending work even for the noon hour. The concreteshould be packed against the cross forms so that when placing of 36 concrete is resumed, it will start from a vertical… … Figure 16. In Figure 16 is shown quite a large area covered by concrete slabs. It willbe noted that though these slabs are somewhat uneven, due to the unequal set-tlement of the foundation, they are not cracked or broken as would have beenthe case had the slabs not been constructed independently of…

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