A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 55
iles are planked over with 3-inchplanking, laid transversely on top of the concrete, and onthis the foundation walls are built. 86. Cluster Piles Witli Brick Arches.—Piles are sometimes driven in groups, and the building is carried onarches sprung from one group or cluster to another. Fig. 27shows… … Fig. 27. about 1 inch at the last blow of a hammer weighing 1,200pounds. On the piling, 3X12 plank are laid transverselyand longitudinally, spiked to the top of the piling, as shownat /?, h. The stone skewbacks c are placed on this planking,and tied together with a l|-inch tie-rod d, upset on…
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