The development of building estates : a practical handbook for the use of surveyors, agents, landowners, and others interested in the development, management, equipment administration, or realization of building estates (1910)
Bright, Tom · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 233
ironi of thekerb is splayed oft, as shown in section in Fig. 18.Although less durable than Aberdeen or Guernseygranite, that obtained from Norway is rather lessexpensive, and consequently is now largely used forordinarj^ suburban roads. The dimensions as well as the methods of layingvary in… … Fig. 18. be either 5 in. X 10 in., 6 in. X 10 in., 5 in. X 12 in.,or 6 in. X 12 in. When set on edge the kerb shouldrest on a good bed of gravel, and be beaten into placewith a heavy beetle, the filling on the channel sidebeing well rammed with an iron bar to firmly set thekerb in an upright…
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