Thorpe, William Henry · London, E. & F.N. Spon, limited; New York, Spon & Chamberlain · leaf 45
respect, in its action upon steel or ironwork, being distinctlymore damaging than any other kind commonly used. Rail-joints upon bridge floors are to be avoided wherepracticable by the use of rails as long as can be obtained ; ifthe bridge is small enough, crossing it in one length. Ateach joint… … of such joints, and nowhere else on the bridge.Where rail-joints cannot beavoided, their position should,if there be any choice, be judi-ciously selected, and the plate-layers taught to close the jointsand jam the fish-bolts. As rail-joints upon a bridgemay injuriously affect the floor,so also wiU…
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