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Book Synopsis Drystone Retaining Walls by : Paul F. McCombie
Download or read book Drystone Retaining Walls written by Paul F. McCombie and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a Detailed Look at the Practice of Drystone Retaining Wall Construction Drystone retaining walls make very efficient use of local materials, and sit comfortably in their environment. They make an important contribution to heritage and to the character of the landscape, and are loved by many people who value the skill and ingenuity that has gone into their construction, as well as simply how they look. And yet, in engineering terms, they are complex. They can deform significantly as their loading changes and their constituent stones weather. This gives them ductility--they deal with changes by adapting to them. In some ways, they behave like conventional concrete retaining walls, but in many ways they are better. They cannot be designed or assessed correctly unless these differences are understood. Implementing concepts that require no prior knowledge of civil engineering, the authors: Explain the behavior of earth retaining structures Provide a theoretical framework for modeling the mechanical stability of a drystone retaining wall Outline reliable rules for constructing a drystone retaining wall Include charts to support the preliminary sizing of drystone retaining walls Examine the relevance of drystone in terms of sustainability Describe more advanced methods of analysis Drystone Retaining Walls: Design, Construction and Assessment draws on theoretical work and full-scale practical testing to explain how these structures work, without presuming that the reader has received an engineering education. The book goes on to give enough detail to give the professional engineer confidence in the methods used in design and assessment, and insight into what matters most in the way in which drystone retaining walls are built. It shows how to design ne
Book Synopsis How to Build Dry-Stacked Stone Walls by : John Shaw-Rimmington
Download or read book How to Build Dry-Stacked Stone Walls written by John Shaw-Rimmington and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text shows how to build a wall using the traditional method of dry stone masonry in which carefully selected stones are properly stacked and held together without mortar. As well as being beautiful, a dry stone wall is stronger, more stable and more resistant to climate than a mortared wall. More than 100 full colour photographs of walls, bridges and decorative garden elements in various steps of construction are presented as well as illustrations that show the steps and cross sections that highlight the building methods.
Book Synopsis Drystone Retaining Walls by : Paul F. McCombie
Download or read book Drystone Retaining Walls written by Paul F. McCombie and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a Detailed Look at the Practice of Drystone Retaining Wall ConstructionDrystone retaining walls make very efficient use of local materials, and sit comfortably in their environment. They make an important contribution to heritage and to the character of the landscape, and are loved by many people who value the skill and ingenuity that has gone
Book Synopsis Rock Fences of the Bluegrass by : Carolyn Murray-Wooley
Download or read book Rock Fences of the Bluegrass written by Carolyn Murray-Wooley and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gray rock fences built of ancient limestone are hallmarks of Kentucky's Bluegrass landscape. Why did Kentucky farmers turn to rock as fence-building material when most had earlier used hardwood rails? Who were the masons responsible for Kentucky's lovely rock fences and what are the different rock forms used in this region? In this generously illustrated book, Carolyn Murray-Wooley and Karl Raitz address those questions and explore the background of Kentucky's rock fences, the talent and skill of the fence masons, and the Irish and Scottish models they followed in their work. They also correct inaccurate popular perceptions about the fences and use census data and archival documents to identify the fence masons and where they worked. As the book reveals, the earliest settlers in Kentucky built dry-laid fences around eighteenth-century farmsteads, cemeteries, and mills. Fence building increased dramatically during the nineteenth century so that by the 1880s rock fences lined most roads, bounded pastures and farmyards throughout the Bluegrass. Farmers also built or commissioned rock fences in New England, the Nashville Basin, and the Texas hill country, but the Bluegrass may have had the most extensive collection of quarried rock fences in North America. This is the first book-length study on any American fence type. Filled with detailed fence descriptions, an extensive list of masons' names, drawings, photographs, and a helpful glossary, it will appeal to folklorists, historians, geographers, architects, landscape architects, and masons, as well as general readers intrigued by Kentucky's rock fences.
Book Synopsis Building Stone Walls by : John Vivian
Download or read book Building Stone Walls written by John Vivian and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rustic and charming or stately and proud, a well-built stone wall can add personality and beauty to your property. John Vivian’s lively approach and step-by-step instructions encourage you to transform a pile of rocks into an enduring landscape feature with gates, retaining walls, or stiles to suit your needs. Whatever unique challenges come with your site — poor drainage, sloping ground, or low-quality rubble material — Vivian offers innovative designs and reproducible methods to help you build a beautiful, long-lasting wall.
Book Synopsis Drystone Retaining Walls and Their Modifications by : M. P. O'Reilly
Download or read book Drystone Retaining Walls and Their Modifications written by M. P. O'Reilly and published by CIRIA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drystone retaining walls are commonplace on the transport infrastructure in the UK in areas where building stone is readily available. Over the years many drystone retaining walls have been modified by various measures to increase their lives, and these modified structures are considered within this guide.
Book Synopsis The Stone Skeleton by : Jacques Heyman
Download or read book The Stone Skeleton written by Jacques Heyman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-07-03 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cambridge's Jacques Heyman provides a thorough and intuitive understanding of masonry structures, such as arch bridges, Greek temples, and Gothic cathedrals. Although his approach is firmly scientific, Heyman does not use complex mathematics. Instead, he introduces the basis of masonry analysis, then considers individual structures, through lucid and informative text. 5 photos. 100 line diagrams. 3 tables.
Download or read book Dry Stone Walling written by and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Those Dry-Stone Walls by : Bruce Munday
Download or read book Those Dry-Stone Walls written by Bruce Munday and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Bruce and Kristin Munday as they traverse South Australia in search of these walls, finding historic masterpieces and insights into rural life in the years following settlement. This book is rich with beautiful imagery of these walls, the stories behind them, and advice to inspire you to start building your own.
Download or read book Stone by Stone written by Robert Thorson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There once may have been 250,000 miles of stone walls in America's Northeast, stretching farther than the distance to the moon. They took three billion man-hours to build. And even though most are crumbling today, they contain a magnificent scientific and cultural story-about the geothermal forces that formed their stones, the tectonic movements that brought them to the surface, the glacial tide that broke them apart, the earth that held them for so long, and about the humans who built them. Stone walls layer time like Russian dolls, their smallest elements reflecting the longest spans, and Thorson urges us to study them, for each stone has its own story. Linking geological history to the early American experience, Stone by Stone presents a fascinating picture of the land the Pilgrims settled, allowing us to see and understand it with new eyes.
Author :Swiss Environmental Action Foundation Publisher :Scheidegger and Spiess ISBN 13 :9783858818133 Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (181 download)
Book Synopsis Dry Stone Walls by : Swiss Environmental Action Foundation
Download or read book Dry Stone Walls written by Swiss Environmental Action Foundation and published by Scheidegger and Spiess. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dry stone walls are a critical component of the landscape in Switzerland and many other countries. They support the cultivation of agriculture and livestock, and they are also are also integral to the ecosystem. And, in many locations across Switzerland, they are in need of restoration by those with a thorough understanding of their roles and vast range of types and purposes. Drawing on the copious research and practice of the Swiss Environmental Action Fund, Dry Stone Walls is a uniquely comprehensive work on the topic, combining cultural history with a guide to plants and animals that find their habitat in such structures and a practical, step-by-step manual to the building and maintenance of dry stone walls. Richly illustrated with more than four hundred photographs and drawings, including many in color, the book contains a wealth of advice for both the planning of new dry stone walls and the care of existing ones, as well as information on structural analysis and the organization of building sites. The book will serve as a guide for future generations everywhere to this ancient practice that is in danger of extinction.
Book Synopsis Maintenance of Brick and Stone Masonry Structures by : A.M. Sowden
Download or read book Maintenance of Brick and Stone Masonry Structures written by A.M. Sowden and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with all the tasks related to brick and stone masonry structures, from the initial identification of defects and their diagnosis to their treatment and monitoring of its cost-effectiveness. It is written in the context of bridges and their associated retaining walls in the U.K.
Book Synopsis Drystone Walls of the Aran Islands by : Mary Laheen
Download or read book Drystone Walls of the Aran Islands written by Mary Laheen and published by Collins Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the drystone-wall field-boundary system of the islands that is threatened by change.
Book Synopsis Early Stone Houses of Kentucky by : Carolyn Murray-Wooley
Download or read book Early Stone Houses of Kentucky written by Carolyn Murray-Wooley and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2008-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Stone houses] soon dotted the countryside, and in such houses traditions lived on -- for a while. Now many of them sit neglected, their histories forgotten, yet each can tell us much about that era, the people who lived in it, and their world. This book tells those stories." -- from the book In the years before the Revolutionary War, intrepid frontiersmen with roots in northern Ireland claimed vast tracts of land in Kentucky. These aristocratic families developed plantations and built stone houses that became the centerpieces of their properties. In Early Stone Houses of Kentucky, author Carolyn Murray-Wooley examines these early frontier homes and explores the lives of the people who built and inhabited them. Who were these settlers? What traditions did they draw on to provide construction techniques and plans? How do the frontier dwellings of settlers from different origins compare with these stone houses? Murray-Wooley found that Ulster descendants were three times more likely to build with stone than were other cultural groups and they almost always built hall-parlor with gable end chimneys. Many wealthy families from the north of Ireland who had settled in the eastern colonies migrated to the Bluegrass to claim some of the richest and most valuable land in the commonwealth. They quickly became leaders in the areas of politics, education, and religion and they brought many of the cultural traditions of northern Irish gentry to their homes in Kentucky. These energetic settlers transformed a wilderness into an agricultural landscape in fewer than twenty-five years. Drawing on extensive field work and genealogical research, Murray-Wooley provides an accurate history of this group of settlers and their architectural practices. Early Stone Houses of Kentucky includes measured drawings and floor plans to depict these houses as they would have been at the time of construction, pairing them with photographs of the structures today.
Download or read book Stonework written by Charles McRaven and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 1997-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes instructions for creating such projects as retaining walls, entryways, stone bridges, and stone steps, discussing the types of stones and their sources; handling, shaping and cutting stones; and selecting the appropriate stone for a project
Book Synopsis Build Your Own Stone House by : Karl Schwenke
Download or read book Build Your Own Stone House written by Karl Schwenke and published by Storey Books. This book was released on 1991-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides step-by-step instructions for building a stone house, including information on tools and materials needed, and guidelines for site selection
Download or read book Irish Stone Walls written by Pat McAfee and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Number One Bestseller A unique history and 'how to' book on one of Ireland's most distinctive landscape features - the stone wall. The Irish countryside is a patchwork of over 250,000 miles of stone wall. Built from local stone according to the style of each region - dry stone in the West and the Mourne mountains or mortar elsewhere - these walls are an intrinsic part of the landscape. This unique guide by expert stone mason Pat McAfee covers the history of this ancient tradition, giving illustrated examples and step-by-step instructions on constructing, conserving and repairing stone walls of all types - whether dry stone or mortar. It includes: History of stone in Ireland How to build dry stone and mortar walls Basic and more advanced techniques Dos and don'ts of repair work Appropriate conservation methods
