Cement and how to use it : a working manual of up-to-date practice in the manufacture and testing of cement : the proportioning, mixing, and depositing of concrete, and its application to all forms of concrete construction, plain and reinforced : with special chapters on concreting tools and machinery, waterproofing, working rules, etc. (1910)
Radford, William A., 1865- · Chicago : Radford Architectural Co. · leaf 379
CEMENT AND HOW TO USE IT 352 foundation; and it prevents the bank from run- ning out into the stream at the end of the bridge. For the average size of bridge and height of abutment, wing-abutments are the most gener- ally used, and are probably the best. Concrete /7 & ^eCT/O/^ OF BOX CULI/BieT… … C D •SBCT/Or* OF CULi/£-^T >SE-CTtON OF f7ieCH CULUeieT Fig. 98. Culvert Sections. has replaced stone masonry as the material for constructing such abutments, and answers the purpose excellently. Wing-abutments are so called because of the two sloping walls which extend out from the sides to the…
Cement · Concrete construction
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