Parks and park engineering . Courtesy Alonzo Church, Secretary, Esss^c County^Park 10.—Topsoil Courtesy Austin-Western Road Machinery Co. FIG. 11.—Machine for Stripping Topsoil and Grading. 37 UNDERDRAINAGE 39 and should not be shut off by trees. Vistas are designedby a careful inspection of the topography and timbergrowth. Free access should be had to all parts of thepark. This does not mean that access is to be obtainednecessarily by the construction of straight drives andpaths. Straight lines should not be used except in formalarchitecture, where they may be entirely
Parks and park engineering . Courtesy Alonzo Church, Secretary, Esss^c County^Park 10.—Topsoil Courtesy Austin-Western Road Machinery Co. FIG. 11.—Machine for Stripping Topsoil and Grading. 37 UNDERDRAINAGE 39 and should not be shut off by trees. Vistas are designedby a careful inspection of the topography and timbergrowth. Free access should be had to all parts of thepark. This does not mean that access is to be obtainednecessarily by the construction of straight drives andpaths. Straight lines should not be used except in formalarchitecture, where they may be entirely unsightly objects outside the park boundaries canbe hidden from the inside by the construction of bordermounds with suitable planting. These mounds are veryeffective and are extensively used. THE ENGINEERING DESIGNUNDERDRAINAGE Wherever soils are swampy or wet, underdrainage isnecessary. This can be accomplished in two different ways: First, by the laying of agricultural tile. Tile is madein two patterns—horseshoe and cylindrical. Horseshoe tile may be laid on a line of 1-inch boards orelse
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