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Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)

Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 352

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s, the side wall is only 6 inches thick or even less, and the fact that it is holding the earth loads of a 20-foot ditch is a striking proof of the strength of the -concrete and steel structure. On the west side of the sewer near the outlet there is one place about 30 feet long, where the brickwork… … Fig. 11. Cross Section of Intercepting Sewer. resulted from the side pressure of the earth forcing in the thin side wall either during or immediately following the construction of the arch and before the centering was removed. As the normal tend- ency is .for the, sewer to increase in width at the…

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