Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wall of solid masonry in the interior of a dam, dike, or causeway which is constructed chiefly of sand or earth.
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Examples
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As the masonry lining approached, sufficient trimming was done to permit the placing of the core-wall and one arch.
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The concrete for the sand-walls and the core-wall, to the level of the sidewalk, was deposited at the same time; two carriages in each tunnel, placed opposite each other, forming a 60-ft. length, were used at each setting.
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The drains were spaced at intervals not exceeding 25 ft., depending on the wetness of the rock, and were placed at similar intervals in the core-wall under the lowest projecting points of the rock on the center line between the tunnels.
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After water-proofing the sand-walls and laying the low-tension ducts, a second pair of carriages, with panels on one side only, for 60 ft. of side-wall and skewback to the 15° line, were set and braced against the core-wall.
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Above the completed core-wall and brick arch the voids were filled solid with rubble masonry to give an unyielding support to the roof.
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Where brick arches were used, the core-wall skewback was concreted behind special forms set up on the sidewalks, or the arch ribs and lagging were used for forms, and the brick arch was not started until after the concrete had set.
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At Station 294+24, the core-wall broke through for a length of about 40 ft., and instead of filling this in,
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Blasting at the face behind generally loosened more or less rock on the core-wall side of the tunnel which was ahead, in one or two instances breaking entirely through, as shown in Fig. 2, Plate XXVI, the hole in the core-wall in this case being utilized by building a storage chamber in it.
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A great deal of the extra quantity was due to rock falling from the core-wall side whenever one working face was behind the other.
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In the double-heading method, shown on Plate LVII, the top headings for each tunnel of the pair were driven separately, leaving a short rock core-wall between them.
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