A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 20
nway is usually built of heavy plank sup-ported on wooden beams and posts. PROTECTION OF EXCAVATIONS. 35. Especial care should be taken, especially in cities,to properly protect the adjoining property, sidewalks, etc.from injury by the caving in of the bank during excavation. To gT.iard against… … Fig. 1. the bank of the excavation, as shown at {a), Fig. 1, which isa front elevation of sheet piling. At a is shown the pilingdriven into the cellar bottom d, against the bank of theexcavation. At (/?) is a section across the piling to showthe braces d placed against the batten e to retain the…
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