Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 48
ay. During the next two days the roof timbers and planking forming the top of the old feeder were jacked up and lifted about three feet to a point above the high-water mark in the canal, and the blocking securely fastened so that it would not float away during the week. The walls were built up to… … Fig. 5. side, making two continuous partitions from a point 12 feet back of the new rack to the end of the section 150 feet long. The walls were rebuilt, and the corners rounded off with a rubble masonry wall pointed up as smoothly as possible. Fig. 5 shows well the rack in place and the new…
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