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A General description of Materials & Workmanship
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to be used & perform'd in building a Brick Bridge
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near Forty Hill in the
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Digger
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To dig out for the several Foundations of the piers
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abutments & Wing Walls, at least 2 feet below
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the Bed of the Rivulet, the Soil so dug out to
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be remov'd, deposited, & fill'd in or laid to make the
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approach to the Bridge, when & as often as shall
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be required; to dig up the approaches to old bridge
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& reverse the Level making, the same descendant
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to the rivulet, & deposite fill in & use the Soil in
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manner & for the purposes aforesaid, to dig Trenches
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for the Current & dam out the Water from washing
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the
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Foundations White Building
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all Implements Etc usd in performing the
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said Work shall be provided at the Contractors
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Expence
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Bricklayer
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To build the several Walls, Abutments Piers & Arches
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of the Hughts Extents & Thickness with solid
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Spandrills as
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high at the Soffites of the Arches
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,
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& as set forth in the Plans; to pave through the
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Arches with brick on End laid in Mortar & Grouted,
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the Bricks to be laid & flush'd solid in Mortar; every
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four Course grouted, with hot grout as high as, &
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including the top of the Springing Walls to the
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Arches; together with the Crown of all the Arches.
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The whole of the Top Surfaces of the Arches &
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Piers to be coverd with Clay to the thickness of
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Eight
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