A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 54
he 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 bearing onthe piles. Wooden chips crush under a load, and pieces ofstone are likely to be broken or dislodged, leaving the blockin a state of… … Wl Ii 2-4 Fig. 26. 44 MASONRY. bf, usually about 2 feet, and the space thus obtained is filledin with the concrete c, well rammed around the sides of thepiles d, and leveled off at the top to carry the foundationwalls. This method is best adapted to situations where thesoil is constantly wet, as…
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