Cotton mill, commercial features. A text-book for the use of textile schools and investors (1899)
Tompkins, Daniel Augustus, 1851-1914 · Charlotte, N.C., The author · leaf 269
s engraving also shows themanner of running the sprinkler piping. It is an excellent plan to use uniform size timbersthroughout construction, to the greatest extent possible,even to the extent of using timbers too heavy for the pur-pose in many cases. For example, floor timbers for firststory might… … Base, Pintle and Cap. MILL CONSTRUCTION. 165 10x14, 28 feet long for outer spans. In such a case, alltimbers ought to be ordered 12x16, 28 feet long. Thusany timber would answer for any position. The lumberwould cost more, but the labor in handling the timber insearch of certain pieces would be…
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