Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors, and Others

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C. Griffin, Limited, 1900 - Pavements - 440 pages

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Contents

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Details of Lowering Wedge for Centres of Small Span
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CHAPTER II
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Crosssection showing arrangement of Steel Trough Decking as applied
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Plate I Laying out New Road Plan and Trial Section to face
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Plate II Altering Gradients of existing road Plan and Sections 22 52 14
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Crosssection of a road showing Method of Stepping adopted in sidelong ground
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Crosssection of a road showing arrangement of Retaining Walls in side long ground
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Crosssection showing Side Drains at formationlevel of road
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Diagram showing arrangement of Subsoil Drains in Retentive Soils 19 Crosssection of road showing Mitre Drains 20 Crosssection of Mitre Drains
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Diagrams showing Sandtraps 23 Castiron Sandtrap or Gully 24 Sandtrap with Three Inlets
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Section of Retaining Wall 6 to 10 feet high 26 Section of Retaining Wall built of Brickwork
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Section of Retaining Wall proportioned by Trautwines rule 28 Section of Surcharged Wall
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Section of Conduit built with Stone
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Elevation and Section of 15inch Stoneware Pipe Drain or Conduit 32 End Elevation of 2 feet single Stoneware Conduit 33 Section of Double Stonew...
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Section of 6 feet Culvert built with Brickwork or Concrete 35 Section of 10 feet Culvert built with Brickwork
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Section of 15 feet Culvert and Approaches showing relative levels of road with semicircular arch and with trough decking
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Section of Cofferdam showing single line of Guide and Sheeting Piles 38 Cylinder Foundations for Piers
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Showing Scantlings and Arrangement of Centres for a Bridge of 20 feet Span
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Bridgework
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CHAPTER IV
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CHAPTER V
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Boring Tools
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Longitudinal Section of IngersollSergeant Drill
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