Excerpt from Papers and Practical Illustrations of Public Works of Recent Construction, Both British and American This part Of the work was given but in contract to Mr. John Brown, on the Canada side, and to Messrs. Latham and Gage, on the New York side. Its inspection was placed under the charge Of the late Mr. George Watson, who fell a victim to the cholera last year. The base of the towers presents a rock face, the stones are large, and well bonded and bedded. The beds Of the backing were all cut true, and all the ...
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Excerpt from Papers and Practical Illustrations of Public Works of Recent Construction, Both British and American This part Of the work was given but in contract to Mr. John Brown, on the Canada side, and to Messrs. Latham and Gage, on the New York side. Its inspection was placed under the charge Of the late Mr. George Watson, who fell a victim to the cholera last year. The base of the towers presents a rock face, the stones are large, and well bonded and bedded. The beds Of the backing were all cut true, and all the stones were laid in a heavy bed of cement mortar, and the joints grouted. In the towers above a uniform bond has been Observed, all the blocks being dimension stone. The backing was bedded with the same care as the face. TO increase the solidity of this work still more, the upper. Courses were dowelled. The entire security of this masonry may be relied upon. Without expending much labour upon its appearance, nothing has been spared to secure its strength. The base Of the lower work at the level Of the lower floor is 60 20 feet, pierced by an arch Of 19 feet wide, which forms the entrance to the lower bridge. Each of the four towers is 15 feet square at the base, 60 feet high above the arch, and 8 feet square at the top, therefore has a top surface of 64 square feet. The limestone, Of which this masonry is built, will support a pressure Of 500 tons upon every superficial foot, without crushing. Whilst the greatest weight that can fall upon one tower will rarely exceed 600 tons, it would require a pressure of more than tons to crush the top course. The base and towers on the New York side contain 1350 cubic yards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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