A treatise on concrete, plain and reinforced : materials, construction, and design of concrete and reinforced concrete; 2nd ed. . The excavation was through gravel andclay, and through sand containing somewater. Trenches 16 feet long and 16 feetapart were dug to about the level of thebottom of the building foundation. Belowthe foundation one-half of each trench, or8 feet in length, was carried down to bank below the foundation was heldin place by means of concrete slabs usedas sheet piling, as illustrated in Fig. slabs were from 6 to 8 feet long,6 inches wide, and 2 inches
A treatise on concrete, plain and reinforced : materials, construction, and design of concrete and reinforced concrete; 2nd ed. . The excavation was through gravel andclay, and through sand containing somewater. Trenches 16 feet long and 16 feetapart were dug to about the level of thebottom of the building foundation. Belowthe foundation one-half of each trench, or8 feet in length, was carried down to bank below the foundation was heldin place by means of concrete slabs usedas sheet piling, as illustrated in Fig. slabs were from 6 to 8 feet long,6 inches wide, and 2 inches thick, and eachwas reinforced with six square steel rodsrunning the entire length of the slab andshown in Fig. 211. If wooden sheetinghad been used, it would have been neces-sary either to have concreted directlyagainst it and left it in place, or to have pulled the planks as the con-crete was filled in. If the first method had been used, the planks wouldin time have become rotten, leaving a vacant space. If the planks hadbeen pulled, there would have been danger that some of the earth underthe building would run and a sett
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