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Richard J.[_3_] · November 18th 09, 10:18 PM posted to uk.transport.london

wrote on 18 November 2009 23:19:28 ...
In article ,
(Bruce) wrote:

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:07:19 -0600,
wrote:

Hmm. Looks to me like part of the top of the arch was filled with
rubble. LSWR jerry building?

The spandrels were always filled with rubble.

Next question?

OK as long as there is enough structural brickwork containing it, Clearly
there wasn't here.

You're talking as though the problem is insufficient brickwork at the
top of the arch. But it's clear from the photo that the failure occurred
lower down, where a great mass of brickwork has moved. Looks like a
gross failure of the foundations.

I wonder why it was necessary to renew so much of the brickwork at the
top of the arch (different colour bricks obvious in photo). This is
pure speculation, but I'm wondering whether there was some earlier
instability of the foundations that resulted in some movement higher up,
which was just patched up rather than properly investigated.
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Richard J.
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