Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 40Institution of Civil Engineers, 1875 |
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Page 206 - Thus the greatest interior height is 8 feet 5J inches, the greatest width 7 feet 5 inches, and the area 53 • 34 square feet. The inverted arch is of brick, 4 inches thick. The roofing arch is also of brick, 8 inches thick. The abutments are of rubble stone, with a brick facing 4 inches thick. In all cases a course of concrete in hydraulic cement was laid under the extrados of the inverted arch. The area of a cross section of masonry in the aqueduct is 42£ square feet.
Page 217 - Before .describing the new arrangements for increasing and insuring a sufiicient supply of water to Chicago, under all eventualities, a few facts should be stated relative to the great fire of October 1871, by which the loss of property was greater than had ever occurred before, from an accidental cause, in the history of the world, amounting, according to the most trustworthy estimates, to $200,000,000 (£40,000,000). The number of people rendered homeless and destitute by this fire is calculated...
Page 97 - he had recently seen a stone the size of his doubled fist which had been thrown by the force of the waves over the wall on to the esplanade at Sidmouth, a distance of 30 feet." In the same discussion Mr. Stevenson was quoted as having said in a paper on the German Ocean that " some drift stones of large dimensions, measuring upwards of 30 cubic feet, or more than 2 tons weight, have during storms been thrown upon the (Bell ) Rock from deep water.
Page 217 - ... north and east direction with wonderful rapidity, and finally terminated, at a little before midnight, on Monday, the 9th, having in one day destroyed nearly every building in its course, over a space 4 miles long and about § mile wide. It reached the pumping works early on Monday morning, when the machinery was so badly damaged that it stopped working ; thereby cutting off the supply of water, and leaving the city without the means of checking the progress of the flames. By extraordinary exertions...
Page 206 - ... which raises the level of the water of the river over a length of 5 miles, and forms a reservoir of 400 acres, the water flows into the bulkhead at the upper end of the tunnel, from a level averaging 10 feet below the surface. Aqueduct Bridge at Sing Sing. — The Sing Sing Kill, where it crosses the line of aqueduct, runs in a deep and narrow gulf, the bottom of which is 76 feet below the top covering of the aqueduct. Over The depth is never less than 3 feet.
Page 166 - ' The Company's line penetrates into the heart of the anthracite basin of Pennsylvania ; but owing to the difficulties of the country, the coal is hauled up steep inclines by stationary engines. From one coal field, the anthracite is sent to market by three separate 1 According to the last report of the American Iron and Steel Association, the iron trade in the United States was more depressed at the close of 1874 than nt any time since the panic began in September 1873. Pig iron, which in April...
Page 204 - That a ship canal to connect the Mississippi with the Gulf of Mexico, commencing at some convenient point on the river below Fort St. Philip, and terminating at some convenient point in Breton bay, shall be constructed and maintained at the expense and under the control of the Government of the United States: That the dimensions of the canal shall not be less than 200 feet wide at the bottom, and with not less than 25 feet in depth of water, with the necessary guard-gates, locks, &c., which may...
Page 204 - ¡hat apply with even greater force to the present project, and demand new studies of location and an entire revision of plans of execution. It would be a rash confidence which would contemplate a realized " Fort Saint Philip Ship-Canal
Page 206 - ... a waste-weir 90 feet wide, which, in the high flood of January, 1841, proved insufficient to pass the water, and a breach was made in the embankment about 200 feet long. This breach was then filled by a structure of hydraulic stone masonry, adopting 180 feet thereof as an additional waste-weir. The greatest height of the weir of the dam is 40 feet above the low-water mark, and 55 feet above the bed of the river. The width of masonry at lowwater line of the river is 61 feet. The form on the lower...
Page 224 - ... running feet of breakwater for the eastern side, and 3,460 feet for the southern side. The eastern side should consist of cribs not less than 30 feet wide, 50 feet long, and at least 8 feet above the surface of the water. This would require them to be 30 feet high. The southern side for the first half from shore, should be made of cribs 20 feet wide, 32 feet long, and 17 feet high ; the remaining half of cribs 25 feet wide, 50 feet long, and not less than 5 feet above the surface of the water,...