The Pilgrims and their monument . PATRICK T. MAGUIRE,CONTRACTOR AND W. A. CLARK,GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR. FREDERIC GEORGE,FOREMAN OF MASONRY WORK. THE ERECTION OF THE MONUMENT known to have had this feature, that being the his-toric campanile San INIarco, at Venice. This inchneis constructed of steel and concrete and is self-sup-porting, the rise being at about the rate of one inchin each foot. The construction of the walls had beenafter a somewhat novel plan, no outer staging havingbeen erected during the work. A heavy timberworkwas erected in the interior of the structure, and grad-ual
The Pilgrims and their monument . PATRICK T. MAGUIRE,CONTRACTOR AND W. A. CLARK,GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR. FREDERIC GEORGE,FOREMAN OF MASONRY WORK. THE ERECTION OF THE MONUMENT known to have had this feature, that being the his-toric campanile San INIarco, at Venice. This inchneis constructed of steel and concrete and is self-sup-porting, the rise being at about the rate of one inchin each foot. The construction of the walls had beenafter a somewhat novel plan, no outer staging havingbeen erected during the work. A heavy timberworkwas erected in the interior of the structure, and grad-ually increased in height as the building of the wallsprogressed. This timberwork projected above thestonework and supported a swinging staging hang-ing upon the outer walls. From this swinging stag-ing the building of the walls was done. At the com-pletion of the walls this interior timberwork, of course,remained in place, and it was proposed to utilize it asa staging for the construction of the interior was therefore necessary to reverse the usual orderof constru
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