A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made are Explained and Illustrated, by the Plans, Specifications, and Contracts Made Use of by Thomas Telford, Esq. on the Holyhead RoadLongman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1838 - 465 páginas |
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Página 178
... wing walls are also to be built of good hammer - dressed ashler . " The arch stones and string course are to be of good sound freestone , which may be procured below Maldraeth Bridge and be boated up . " The parapet coping to be of ...
... wing walls are also to be built of good hammer - dressed ashler . " The arch stones and string course are to be of good sound freestone , which may be procured below Maldraeth Bridge and be boated up . " The parapet coping to be of ...
Página 180
... wing walls , spandrells , and parapets , all ( but the coping ) are to be of good rubble masonry , composed of ... walls is not to exceed eighty feet . These walls to be built of good lime mortar . " The filling in between the wing walls ...
... wing walls , spandrells , and parapets , all ( but the coping ) are to be of good rubble masonry , composed of ... walls is not to exceed eighty feet . These walls to be built of good lime mortar . " The filling in between the wing walls ...
Página 181
... wing walls , span- drells , and for the approaches , to be brought up in regular layers , or courses not exceeding five feet in height each . " There must be dry breast walls on each side of the road at each end of the bridge , and ...
... wing walls , span- drells , and for the approaches , to be brought up in regular layers , or courses not exceeding five feet in height each . " There must be dry breast walls on each side of the road at each end of the bridge , and ...
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... wing walls to be continued through the abutment , so as to prevent the boats striking the face of the wall . " The wing walls are to have a curved batter on the face , of one and a half inches to the foot . They are to be vertical ...
... wing walls to be continued through the abutment , so as to prevent the boats striking the face of the wall . " The wing walls are to have a curved batter on the face , of one and a half inches to the foot . They are to be vertical ...
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... wing walls , are to be six inches square ; they are to have a shoeing of three eighths of an inch iron , nine inches long , and two inches broad . The upper end of the piles are to be cut into a tenon to be inserted in the sills . " The ...
... wing walls , are to be six inches square ; they are to have a shoeing of three eighths of an inch iron , nine inches long , and two inches broad . The upper end of the piles are to be cut into a tenon to be inserted in the sills . " The ...
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