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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1816 Excerpt: ...consulted upon the cause of this misfortune, and the mode of repairing the bridge. They gave in a report accordingly; but, at that time, they had only discovered the more palpable cause of the tumbling of the bridge, namely, the immense undigested mass of earth which was piled upon the vaults and arches, in order to raise the bridge to a proper level. For this purpose, the greater load of earth became necessary, as Mr Mylne, either from an error in taking the altitude, or with a view to save money, had fallen short eight feet in the height of the piers stipulated by contract. The other cause of the downfall of the bridge was the insufficiency of the foundation. We have had occasion, repeatedly, to remark the inequality of the surface in the city of Edinburgh; now, when the houses on the north of the high street, had long ago been built, those who dug the foundations would naturally throw the earth north from them into the hollow waste. By this means, and by the rubbish accumulated in the course of time, the ground on the north side of the town was, to a considerable depth, not natural, but travelled earth. It would appear that Mr Mylne, not adverting to these circumstances, and entertaining no suspicion of any difficulty about the foundation in that part, had trusted it to his workmen, who, in digging for the foundation, stopped short when there were eight feet deep of travelled earth between the foundation and the natural solid mass. The bridge was relieved and repaired, by pulling down the side walls in some parts, and rebuilding them; and, in others, by strengthening them with chain bars; by removing the vast load of earth laid upon the bridge, and supplying its place with hollow arches thrown between the convex sides of the great arches; by raising the ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150183522
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 208
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150183527
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 381 gr


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