. Railroad fences, gates and galvanized steel fence posts. . 24 le so End tWJ End Post WithAnchors The first act in fencebuilding is the set-ting of the end posts4 to 4lA feet deep ina hole which has oneside flat where thepost will come flushwith the flat sideand lean againstolid earth,posts havenchors, securely_h post,in. spikes, anchor) placed so it willbear againstthe ground inthe direction offence pull, the)ottom anchor)on the opposite set, the earthfilling of the holeshould be thor-oughly tamped, tosecure the great-est possiblesolidity. to eac wi th6- the/ top Railroad Fences, G
. Railroad fences, gates and galvanized steel fence posts. . 24 le so End tWJ End Post WithAnchors The first act in fencebuilding is the set-ting of the end posts4 to 4lA feet deep ina hole which has oneside flat where thepost will come flushwith the flat sideand lean againstolid earth,posts havenchors, securely_h post,in. spikes, anchor) placed so it willbear againstthe ground inthe direction offence pull, the)ottom anchor)on the opposite set, the earthfilling of the holeshould be thor-oughly tamped, tosecure the great-est possiblesolidity. to eac wi th6- the/ top Railroad Fences, Gates and Steel Posts 55 Corner PostAnchors A corner post, beingsubject to a tremen-dous pull from twodirections, is suppliedwith three anchors. Itis set in the hole4 to 4>< feetdeep, as is the end post, the [top anchor^and [bottom anchor\tak- ing the fence pull inone direction while the third anchor,placed just underthe top cross-piece but at right angleson the post, acts asa stiffener againstthe pulling powerfrom the direc-tion in whichit is 56 American Steel & Wire Company »J Post Anchors for Hollow Places A bottom an-chor on a linepost is neces-sary wherethere is ahollow ordepression in the groundalong the fenceHne. Thisanchorlis placedat the very low-est point on thepost so that thefence shall notpull the postout of theground.
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