Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905, Nolan, Thomas, 1857-1926 · New York : W.T. Comstock · leaf 462
rge woolen and cotten mills of New England, andit is the only form of construction that can be insured in the Mutualinsurance companies, which carry practically all of the insurance onthose mills. Fig. 495 shows the manner in which the floors are constructed andsupported in mills built on this… … Fig. 495- the post caps as shown. The floor on top of the beams is con-structed, first, of 3-inch planks, not over 9 inches wide, planed bothsides and grooved on both edges. The grooves are filled by stripsof hard pine, called splines^ about f of an inch by i| inches. Thesplines take the place of…
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