A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 58
or piers. INVERTED ARCHES. 91. When a front or other wall is composed of isolatedpiers, it is well to combine all their footings into one, and tostep the piers down, as shown in Fig, 29, in which a showsthe concrete footing course, b, the stepped-up foundationsof the piers, and r, the piers resting… … Fig. 29. shallow, as great care is required to lay them properly, theslightest settlement in them having a disastrous effect uponthe piers. The end arch of the building must have sufficient pier orother support; otherwise it may throw the pier out, asshown by the dotted lines at a, a in Fig. 30.
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