... The foundations, we observe consists of a great depth of brick-work, amply spread on both sides, to form a broad basis, or footing, for the superstructure. Underneath these footings of brick-work are placed, apparently throughout the building, immense ...

... carried 563 feet from the shaft; but on the ISth of last month the water from the Thames broke in between the shield and the brick-work, both of which, however, afforded such complete protection to the workmen, that they were enabled to retire with perfect ...

... cutting on the north end of Merstham Tunnel are going on with great activity, and the slopes stand remarkably well. The brickwork through the Merstham Tunnel is complete; the culvert nearly finished, and the rails ready to be laid. The great embankment ...

... noble institution. The materials are of the best description. and wail be found to include about 300 rod of capital sound brickwork. 20 square of pantiling and plain tiles. 30 square of Welch and Westmoreland slating. 42 square of rafters, with framed ...

... inmate of the West London Union House, at Edmonton, conceived the idea of robbing a sparrow's nest, which was made in the brickwork at the top of one of the chimneys of the building. To accomplish his hazardous purpose the little fellow had to make his ...

... a, a, ah I PAT. the aptness of the name to the matter, has cut off the final K! That pier, that jamb, that pile of rough brickwork, which seems to have been put up by drunken workmen, who, ashamed of their job, left it unpointed and unplastered, and, as ...

... undertaking. The water in the shaft and Tunnel has been drawn out to an extent sufficient to pe:mit a minute inspection of the brickwork this morning, and it has been found uninjured. The vertical pressure of water on each square loot, at high tide, is equal ...

... vicinity of the kitchen. In making an opening on the North Terrace, after digging through about three feet of earth, a mass of brickwork presented itself of nearly two feet in thickness. Upon this being penetrated, the opening was found to lead to an arched ...

... cemented together so as to form a lasting Union—not a Poor House Bastile—but a permanent fabric of ancient and honourable brick-work, built up with mental metal of modern times, and destined, let us hope, to hold their new ground conspicuo. usly and effectually ...

... of Clarence-place and Norfolk-street, Vauxhall; it penetrated through the roof, carrying with it a great portion of the brickwork, destroying the framework of a closet in the room beneath, breaking away a great portion of the ceiling, cracking the walls ...

... reduced within three or four feet of the Cr? of the Tunnel, consequently, it cannot be satisfactorily aseertaiod whether the brick-work has or has not been damaged by the action g, the tide. The men are now employed in constructing the flnobe which Mr. Brunch ...

... Contracts Nos. 5,6, and 7. KEYMER CONTRACT, No. 13.—T0 make and maintain the Railway, with all the excavations, embankments, brickwork, masonry, bridges, culverts, drains, fences, gates, lodges, and other works, complete, including the laying and ballasting ...