. Armour engineer. T~et?rr?Wiz?y ± Bar^>. ggfafeH Fig. 20. Section of a Teamway Wall. to Chicago Avenue, rising on a grade of per cent. Fig. 21 isa cross section of the wall at this location showing the methodof providing for the 7-foot height required by ordinance. Thecoping and panelling shown, serve to break the monotony of thelong stretch of concrete surface in a rather satisfactory man-ner. The coping is continuous and the panels are 9 feet inlength by 3 feet in height; the spacing between panels being3 feet 6 inches. Fig. 22 is a view of this wall looking northtoward Rinn


. Armour engineer. T~et?rr?Wiz?y ± Bar^>. ggfafeH Fig. 20. Section of a Teamway Wall. to Chicago Avenue, rising on a grade of per cent. Fig. 21 isa cross section of the wall at this location showing the methodof providing for the 7-foot height required by ordinance. Thecoping and panelling shown, serve to break the monotony of thelong stretch of concrete surface in a rather satisfactory man-ner. The coping is continuous and the panels are 9 feet inlength by 3 feet in height; the spacing between panels being3 feet 6 inches. Fig. 22 is a view of this wall looking northtoward Rinn of Retaining Walls: The form work for retaining walls was of the depart-ments standard type as described in connection with the con-struction of abutments. There were several cases, however,where the location of the tracks made it impossible to support 42 THE ARMOUR ENGINEER [Vol. 2, No. 1 the forms by the usual outside braces, and in these cases therather unusual expedient was adopted of tying the side formsto bolts embodied ne


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