Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 172
FIG. I. A CORNER OF A REINFORCED CONCRETEHOUSE IN PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION. NOTICETHE IRON RODS PROJECTING FROM THE CEMENTCOLUMN AT THE CORNER. was wholly unlike any wooden structure. To ex-plain it the boys led him to one corner of thebuilding, and Fig. i shows what they saw. … THE WOODEN MOLDS IN PLACE FOR CAST-ING THE THIRD STORY WALLS. concrete foundation; the top or cap of the foun-dation apparently resting on the ground. On thecorner is an octagonal pedestal, and on thisstands a beautiful, round column having a capi-tal on top, and intended to sustain the cornerof…
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