A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 54
ly, and on top of the longitudinal timbers,the timbers c are laid transversely, and are secured to thefirst course on the piles. By this method the load is dis-tributed evenly over the top of the piles. MASONRY. 43 84. Stone Footing^s on Piles.—Fig-. 25 illustratesfootings made of large-sized… … Fig. ^. Fig. 25. each corner of the stone, to keep it from tipping, and thatthe stone has a full bearing on each pile head. To insurethis, the piles must be sawed off perfectly level and all thesame height, as no pieces of wood or small bits of stoneshould be placed under the stones to give them…
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