. Canadian engineer. Fig. 5.—Foundation Reinforcing. March i6, 1916. THE CANADIAN ENGINEER 341 however, some years before this—to be exact, in tht year1906—that our Belgian confreres had evolved a reinforcedconcrete chimney construction which combined stability,and economy and rapidity of construction with an artisti<appearance unequalled by any other design. In 1914 the first chimney of this type to be erected inCanada was constructed for the National TranscontinentalRailway shop plant at Quebec. Of this chimney a moredetailed description will follow. General Construction.—For a general de


. Canadian engineer. Fig. 5.—Foundation Reinforcing. March i6, 1916. THE CANADIAN ENGINEER 341 however, some years before this—to be exact, in tht year1906—that our Belgian confreres had evolved a reinforcedconcrete chimney construction which combined stability,and economy and rapidity of construction with an artisti<appearance unequalled by any other design. In 1914 the first chimney of this type to be erected inCanada was constructed for the National TranscontinentalRailway shop plant at Quebec. Of this chimney a moredetailed description will follow. General Construction.—For a general description ofthe Monnoyer chimney a translation of the informationimparted by the Belgian engineers themselves will begiven. On general lines it is as follows :—.


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