Street Pavements and Paving Materials: A Manual of City Pavements, the Methods and Materials of Their Construction |
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... bed , and the face at right angles to the bed is called the edge . Rift is governed by the amount of pressure and the grain of the stone , so that while all granites have a rift they do not have it in the same degree . The finer ...
... bed , and the face at right angles to the bed is called the edge . Rift is governed by the amount of pressure and the grain of the stone , so that while all granites have a rift they do not have it in the same degree . The finer ...
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... Bed . Edge . 23013 23049 22548 21699 I. H. Woolson , Col. College Do. Do. 31881 30996 Do. Barre , Vt .... 17254 19957 ... beds of earth or limestone . These are the result of boulders being surrounded when these deposits of clay or stone ...
... Bed . Edge . 23013 23049 22548 21699 I. H. Woolson , Col. College Do. Do. 31881 30996 Do. Barre , Vt .... 17254 19957 ... beds of earth or limestone . These are the result of boulders being surrounded when these deposits of clay or stone ...
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... beds by some agency and afterwards compacted . The sand proper is almost all quartz , as this mineral is indestructible from the ordinary action of the elements , while the cementing portion of the original rock has generally been ...
... beds by some agency and afterwards compacted . The sand proper is almost all quartz , as this mineral is indestructible from the ordinary action of the elements , while the cementing portion of the original rock has generally been ...
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... beds , as well as the amount of the overlying earth . The beds range in thickness from an inch up to three feet , and in a few cases to six feet , the thinner layers being near the surface . The strata can generally be split in places ...
... beds , as well as the amount of the overlying earth . The beds range in thickness from an inch up to three feet , and in a few cases to six feet , the thinner layers being near the surface . The strata can generally be split in places ...
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... beds are divided into blocks by sys- tems of vertical joints , generally at right angles to each other , greatly ... bed . The gray stone is nearly all used for paving - blocks , although other colors are so used STONE . 31.
... beds are divided into blocks by sys- tems of vertical joints , generally at right angles to each other , greatly ... bed . The gray stone is nearly all used for paving - blocks , although other colors are so used STONE . 31.
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Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...