Notes On Docks And Dock Construction

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EXAMPLES OF WALL SECTIONS.
147 148 NOTES ON DOCKS AND DOCK CONSTRUCTION.
350 tons. When placed in position, it completed at one opera- tion 12 feet of quay wall up to the level of ordinary low water.
The outer face of the block was formed of limestone set in mortar composed of 4 parts of sand to 1 of Portland cement. The hearting of the block consisted of stones weighing from 2 tons downwards, as they came from the quarry, and placed not on their flat beds but on their ends, or on their edges,
...and bonded in every direction with- out any regular CROSS SECTION FIG. 129.
coursing. Every in- terval was filled up with concrete, into which smaller stones were rammed to form a compact mass.
FRONT ELEVATION FIG. 130.
That nothing could exceed the soundness of this work was proved whenever a mass was broken off, which was done with EXAMPLES OF WALL SECTIONS. 149 the greatest difficulty, the large stones generally fracturing in preference, to the concrete.
The concrete was made of 1 part, by measure, of Portland cement to 7 parts of ballast dredged from the harbour.


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