The Washington Bridge Over the Harlem River, at 181st Street, New York City: A Description of Its Construction, Volumen1L. von Rosenberg, 1889 - 90 páginas |
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... carried on arches of masonry . Cost , $ 2,100,000 . 3. An iron cantilever over the river , with approaches on braced iron girders , and piers or towers of the same construction . Cost , $ 800,000 . 4. A structure of masonry of six ...
... carried on arches of masonry . Cost , $ 2,100,000 . 3. An iron cantilever over the river , with approaches on braced iron girders , and piers or towers of the same construction . Cost , $ 800,000 . 4. A structure of masonry of six ...
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... carry one of the streets of New York ( 181st Street ) over the deep valley of the Harlem , connecting Tenth Avenue on ... carried by small piers 13 feet thick at the springing line of the arches . The main piers and abutments are crowned ...
... carry one of the streets of New York ( 181st Street ) over the deep valley of the Harlem , connecting Tenth Avenue on ... carried by small piers 13 feet thick at the springing line of the arches . The main piers and abutments are crowned ...
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... carried by it to the proper point alongside the work , and hoisted by derricks from the truck directly into place . On the east bank of the river a wharf was built at the edge of the pro- posed channel , supported on piles and floored ...
... carried by it to the proper point alongside the work , and hoisted by derricks from the truck directly into place . On the east bank of the river a wharf was built at the edge of the pro- posed channel , supported on piles and floored ...
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... carried on these tracks to its position , where it was set with derricks . The twenty - eight derricks used for the masonry were all of the type shown ( Plate LXI . ) , having generally guys of wire rope , wire - rope falls , and iron ...
... carried on these tracks to its position , where it was set with derricks . The twenty - eight derricks used for the masonry were all of the type shown ( Plate LXI . ) , having generally guys of wire rope , wire - rope falls , and iron ...
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... carried from the mixer in iron buckets containing about a cubic yard . The buckets were lifted from the car by a derrick , lowered into the pit , dumped , and the concrete was spread and rammed , -care being taken that the concrete was ...
... carried from the mixer in iron buckets containing about a cubic yard . The buckets were lifted from the car by a derrick , lowered into the pit , dumped , and the concrete was spread and rammed , -care being taken that the concrete was ...
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Página 70 - Fahrenheit, must stand bending in a press to a curve of which the inner radius is one and a half times the thickness of the plates tested.
Página 70 - At least one sample in three must bend 180 degrees to this curve without cracking. When nicked on one side, and bent by a blow from a sledge, the fracture must be nearly all fibrous, showing but few crystalline specks. 109. Specimens from angle, plate...
Página 52 - The aqueduct commissioners, provided for and holding office under and pursuant to the provisions of an act of the legislature of the state of New York, entitled "An act to provide new reservoirs, dams and a new aqueduct with the appurtenances thereto, for the purpose of supplying the city of New York with an increased supply of pure and wholesome water...
Página 55 - 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 59 - Sciences hath hereunto caused its corporate seal to be affixed and these presents to be subscribed by its President, this sixth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.
Página 75 - The pulverized carbonate of lime, granite, or quartz while cold shall be mixed with the hot sand in the required proportions, and then mixed with the asphaltic cement, at the required temperature and in the proper proportion, in a suitable apparatus, so as to effect a thoroughly homogeneous mixture.
Página 59 - Polir, to me known and known to me to be one of the individuals described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same.
Página 70 - The steel must be uniform in character for each specified kind. The finished bars, plates and shapes must be free from cracks on the faces or corners, and have a clean, smooth finish. No work shall be put upon any steel at or near the blue temperature or between that of boiling water and of ignition of hard wood sawdust.
Página 56 - ... improper materials used in its construction, or by or on account of any act or omission of the said contractor or his agents...
Página 52 - The aqueduct commissioners, provided for and •toSSi!!" holding office under and pursuant to the provisions of an act of the legislature of the state of New York, entitled "An act to provide new reservoirs, dams and a new aqueduct with the appurtenances thereto, for the purpose of supplying the city of New York...