Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 301
ouses. The columns are also more rigid against overturning, being anchored deep into the masonry, and cost, if anything, a little less than masonry piers. Their weight being much less, the foundation may be smaller, and the ultimate cost is materially reduced without any sacrifice of efficiency.… … Fig. 5. Railroad Bridge Foundations. of the freight houses to permit trucking freely between and around them and in the center of one of the driveways devoted to teaming bulk freight. (See Fig. 5.) The piers adjacent to B street, Fig. 6, were designed to form part of the wall of a future extension…
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