. Building and repairing railways . Fig. 208. FLEXIBLE CLAMP TSED IN MAKING JONES WIRE Fig, 209. CYCLONE WIRE PENCE and THE MACHINE FOB MAKING IT. 294 BUILDING AND REPAIRING RAILWAYS. place of cedar posts, which have been exclusivelyused until recently, iron posts are now being in-troduced; the weak point with an iron post is itsrusting in the ground. To overcome this TheIndestructible Post Co., of Brazil, Ind., are mak-ing terra cotta bases, which are set in the postholes and the inside partially filled with a thingrout of portland cement; in this grout the ironpost is set, thus leavi
. Building and repairing railways . Fig. 208. FLEXIBLE CLAMP TSED IN MAKING JONES WIRE Fig, 209. CYCLONE WIRE PENCE and THE MACHINE FOB MAKING IT. 294 BUILDING AND REPAIRING RAILWAYS. place of cedar posts, which have been exclusivelyused until recently, iron posts are now being in-troduced; the weak point with an iron post is itsrusting in the ground. To overcome this TheIndestructible Post Co., of Brazil, Ind., are mak-ing terra cotta bases, which are set in the postholes and the inside partially filled with a thingrout of portland cement; in this grout the ironpost is set, thus leaving only that part of thepost which can corrode above the ground whereit can be inspected and painted. Fig. 210 repre-sents this style of base. *«ppPI
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