Piers

Examples

• When all was completed the great staging was removed, and the mighty tube rested alone and secure upon its massive wedge-faced piers rising from the bedrock of the flood below. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is to be almost inclosed by massive stone piers, one of which will extend into the sea over three thousand feet in a straight line. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There are over 50,000 tons of steel in the superstructure, and about 140,000 cubic yards of masonry and concrete in the foundation piers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Permission could not be obtained to interfere with the navigation of the Straits in the slightest degree during the building, and so piers and arches could not be used. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He had his foot crushed while laying the foundation of one of the stone piers, and died of lockjaw. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The height of the bridge above the piers is 330 feet. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He designed the piers of Leghorn and the custom house regulations of Civita Vecchia. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• To-day her piers are deserted, her warehouses are empty, her merchant fleets are vanished, her armies and her navies are but memories. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The central portion of the viaduct is supported on four piers, 90 feet above high water mark, with a span in the centre of 250 feet, and on each side of 125 feet. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• There are eight rectangular tubes resting on those piers, to form two lines of railway, each tube being 28 feet high and 14 feet wide, exclusive of the cellular cavities at the top and bottom. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The total length of the bridge is 910 feet between the centres of the anchorage piers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Three balanced cantilevers are employed, poised on four gigantic steel tube legs supported on four huge masonry piers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is 984 feet high, and 410 feet across its foundation, and has a supporting base of four independent lattice work piers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The suspension towers stand on two piers founded in the river on solid rock at depths of 78 and 45 feet below high water, and they rise 277 feet above the same level. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It consists of 24 piers, 242 feet apart, except the centre one, from which the span is 330 feet. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The cantilevers rest on two gigantic steel towers, standing on massive stone piers 39 feet high. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Two other piers, at a distance, on each side, of 460 feet, were built without much difficulty in shallower water, and between these and the masonry on each side was a distance of 230 feet. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.

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