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Failure of a Masonry Pier and a Rock Foundation
On the line of the Central New York and Western Railroad, 15 miles east from Hornellsville, N. Y., there is an iron viaduct 700 ft. long, with a maximum height from stream to base of rail of 235 ft. This structure, the highest in the State of New York, was erected in 1883. The tallest tower has two of its legs resting on piers which stand in the bed of the stream. About five years ago these piers showed signs of failure and were encased in a jacket of concrete 12 ins. thick. Cracks, however, soon appeared in the concrete, which were stopped with cement from time to time, but always reappeared.
Failure of a Masonry Pier and a Rock Foundation
On the line of the Central New York and Western Railroad, 15 miles east from Hornellsville, N. Y., there is an iron viaduct 700 ft. long, with a maximum height from stream to base of rail of 235 ft. This structure, the highest in the State of New York, was erected in 1883. The tallest tower has two of its legs resting on piers which stand in the bed of the stream. About five years ago these piers showed signs of failure and were encased in a jacket of concrete 12 ins. thick. Cracks, however, soon appeared in the concrete, which were stopped with cement from time to time, but always reappeared.
Failure of a Masonry Pier and a Rock Foundation
Parsons, William Barclay (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 31 ; 580-582
2021-01-01
31894-01-01 pages
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