Radford's cyclopedia of construction; carpentry, building and architecture. Based on the practical experience of a large staff of experts in actual constrcution work (1909)
Johnson, Alfred Sidney, 1860-, Radford, William A., 1865- · Chicago Radford Architectural Co · leaf 313
across the top of themould on a 24-in. longitudinal track and dis-tributes the 1:3:6 Portland cement concrete asrequired for the laborers, who place in it one-man stones and carefully spade the mortar 254 CEMENT CONSTRUCTION around the sides of the mould. The concrete ismixed wet and requires no… … Fig. 88. Section of Partially Eeinforced Concrete Retaining Wall. creting for each mould is continuous until it iscompleted. The total number of men employedon the concreting and handling the moulds isabout 75, and the largest record is 2,700 yds. ofconcrete in one month. Fig. 88 is a cross-section…
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