. A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century . 48o A IIISTOkV OF ESTATE, distance tliat tlu- caissons were sunk I)el()\v tlie ])(ittom of the mainexcavation was feet. After the were sunk to hed rocktliev were filled with masonry. The side colunms of the skeleton frame were located so near the(hvidnii;- lot hne that if thev had been directly sn])])orted ])v the piers. MAXHATTAX LIFE IXSURAXCE liUILDIXG, NEW YORK.(Sinking the Caissons for the Foundations.) in the caissons they would have loaded the piers eccentrically
. A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century . 48o A IIISTOkV OF ESTATE, distance tliat tlu- caissons were sunk I)el()\v tlie ])(ittom of the mainexcavation was feet. After the were sunk to hed rocktliev were filled with masonry. The side colunms of the skeleton frame were located so near the(hvidnii;- lot hne that if thev had been directly sn])])orted ])v the piers. MAXHATTAX LIFE IXSURAXCE liUILDIXG, NEW YORK.(Sinking the Caissons for the Foundations.) in the caissons they would have loaded the piers eccentrically andproduced undesirable irregularities of pressure. This condition wasavoided, and the weights transmitted to the centres of the piers bythe intervention of heavy plate girders extending continuously acrossthe building and resting on bolsters centrally placed upon the piers. BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE IN NEW YORK. 481
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