Steam power plants, their design and construction . Plan. Figure 1.—Eictric Power Station, Designed by Dean & Main. 8 STEAM POWER PLANTS. dug at numerous points over the site and the character of the soildetermined. As the magnitude of the work increases more careshould be taken. In important work a competent specialist in. The Eboineeriug RECORa Figure 2.—Piping in Power House ;Lockwood, Greene & foundation work should be consulted. As to the bearing capacityof different soils, the New York Building Code states : Differentsoils, excluding mud, at the bottom of the footings
Steam power plants, their design and construction . Plan. Figure 1.—Eictric Power Station, Designed by Dean & Main. 8 STEAM POWER PLANTS. dug at numerous points over the site and the character of the soildetermined. As the magnitude of the work increases more careshould be taken. In important work a competent specialist in. The Eboineeriug RECORa Figure 2.—Piping in Power House ;Lockwood, Greene & foundation work should be consulted. As to the bearing capacityof different soils, the New York Building Code states : Differentsoils, excluding mud, at the bottom of the footings shall be STEAM POWER PLANTS. 9 deemed to safely sustain the following loads to the superficialfoot, namely: Soft clay, one ton per square foot; ordinary clayand sand together, in layers, wet and springy, two tons per squarefoot; loam, clay or fine sand, firm and dry, three tons per squarefoot; very firm, coarse sand, stiff gravel or hard clay, four tonsper square foot.
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