Thorpe, William Henry · London, E. & F.N. Spon, limited; New York, Spon & Chamberlain · leaf 175
h for about 10 feet, parallel to and some 7 feet fromone face. In this case there was reason to believe that therehad been considerable local settlement of the piers on thatside of the bridge. The arches were otherwise in bad condi-tion, the brickwork poor, and the mortar decayed. Eacharch was down… … (sesu.) Pig. 91. Brick arches built in parallel rings sometimes separateone ring from the other, demonstrating the known proprietyof bonding the rings together properly, and of carrying thearch round, when building, at its fuU thickness. An instance of bridge failure from a somewhat peculiarcause…
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