Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 311
By consoli-dating the soil. This may bedone by driving short piles closetogether, or by driving piles, thenwithdrawing them and filling thesj)ace immediately with damp sand well rammed. If the soil is veryloose and wet, sand will not be effective, and concrete will be foundmore satisfactory.… … Fig. 5. Drainage of Foundation Walls. BK4 MASONRY CONSTRUCTION 41 ever mode of construction is adopted, the principle must always bethat of extending the bearing surface as much as possible. Foundations on Mud. sih, marshy or compressible soils aregenerally formed in one of three ways: (1) By…
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