Street Pavements and Paving Materials: A Manual of City Pavements, the Methods and Materials of Their ConstructionJ. Wiley & Sons, 1901 - 555 páginas |
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... give a block about 7 inches long , 3 inches deep , and 3 inches wide . They were set on 12 inches of cement concrete . A recent novelist , speaking of London in 1516 , says : " There were great mud - holes where one sank ankle - deep ...
... give a block about 7 inches long , 3 inches deep , and 3 inches wide . They were set on 12 inches of cement concrete . A recent novelist , speaking of London in 1516 , says : " There were great mud - holes where one sank ankle - deep ...
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... give better foot- hold to the horses . This pavement was replaced by the so - called Guidet blocks in 1868 or 1869 . A detailed report of the Council of Hygiene and Public Health made January 1 , 1865 , says that practically all of the ...
... give better foot- hold to the horses . This pavement was replaced by the so - called Guidet blocks in 1868 or 1869 . A detailed report of the Council of Hygiene and Public Health made January 1 , 1865 , says that practically all of the ...
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... give good satisfaction . Brick was used in 1894 , and chert in 1895 . The dimensions of granite blocks were 14 x 10 × 88 inches . Cleveland . The first stone pavements of Cleveland were con- structed between 1851 and 1854 , of ...
... give good satisfaction . Brick was used in 1894 , and chert in 1895 . The dimensions of granite blocks were 14 x 10 × 88 inches . Cleveland . The first stone pavements of Cleveland were con- structed between 1851 and 1854 , of ...
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... give it a color , when it is known as rose quartz , smoky quartz , etc. , according to its appear- ance . When it is in a metamorphic state with its crystals cemented together with quartz , it forms a rock called quartzite . Feldspar ...
... give it a color , when it is known as rose quartz , smoky quartz , etc. , according to its appear- ance . When it is in a metamorphic state with its crystals cemented together with quartz , it forms a rock called quartzite . Feldspar ...
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... give in cut work . A fine - grained stone is compact in texture , excluding air and moisture , two agents that are constantly at work to destroy all minerals . Granite is divided into varieties according to the presence of its varying ...
... give in cut work . A fine - grained stone is compact in texture , excluding air and moisture , two agents that are constantly at work to destroy all minerals . Granite is divided into varieties according to the presence of its varying ...
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Página 402 - All loss or damage arising out of the nature of the work to be done under this agreement, or from any unforeseen obstructions or difficulties which may be encountered in the prosecution of the same...
Página 412 - ... authorities, and •whenever required by them to do so, and in such manner as they may prescribe. In the case of neglect of any corpo-ration to make these pavements or repairs after the expiration of thirty days' notice to do so, the local authorities may make same at the expense of such corporation." The street-car companies, however, have not always lived up to this requirement, and it was stated in a paper read before the American Society of Civil Engineers in December, 1896, that bills aggregating...
Página 412 - Every street surface railroad corporation so long as it shall continue to use any of its tracks in any street, avenue or public place in any city or village shall have and keep in permanent repair that portion of such street, avenue or public place between its tracks, the rails of its tracks, and two feet in width outside of its tracks, under the supervision of the proper local authorities, and whenever required by them to do so, and in such manner as they may prescribe. In case of the neglect of...