A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 98
column in modern construc-tion. (See Column ; Clustered Column ; Pilas-ter and following titles.) />. A structure like a bridge or dyke, pro-jecting from the land into deep water to allowof the loading and unloailing of ves.sels, or morerarely to protect an anchorage or the entranceto a harbour.… … Pier: Clustered and Band-ed Piers: Lincoln Cathe-dral. i:1th Century.
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