Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 30
EEKING SOCIETIES. 14 The shock of driving piles next to other buildings undoubtedly has been one cause which has in some cases precluded their use; but it would appear that in Chicago it has been largely due to a distrust occasioned by the failure of several buildings founded on piles a num- ber of… … Plan of Foundation of the Ce.ll BuitdtHg* Fig. 4. being driven into a firm soil there is no better foundation, provided they are kept continually wet, and hence safe from decay. When they depend entirely upon a small surface friction on their sides, as in our own shore mud and clays, we know even…
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