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DORMAN, LONG & CO. LIMITED.

Beam Grillages for Stanchions.-'For stanchions carrying

heavy loads, the necessity [01" deep excavations, and
large masses of masonry in foundations., may be con-
siderably reduced by the adoptiql1 of suitable grillages,
combined with stanchion bases, ~al"efully designed to
transmit the load.
These 'are generally obtained by placing on a layer
of concrete, one, two, or thre tiers of I beams, accord-
ing to the load to be distributed, and the bearing
capacity of the ground.. The beams in each tiel"' should
be kept sufficiently fal" .. apart to allow of the space
being thoroughly filled with cQ.IJcrete. Cast iron
separators, with thro~O"h bolts, are generally employed
to effect this. In cases where two or three tiers are
found necessary, they, should be effici ntly secured tq
each 'other, and the ~tanchion base to the whole.
The following diagl"am illustrates a grillage, consist-
ing of two tiers of beams:-

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