An investigation was made into the relative costs of excavation retention by two systems: conventional soldier pile-wale-tieback support, and support by soil nailing. The investigation included design of excavation supports by the two...
Parks, Suzan-Lori. In the blood; Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery
From the moment the audience enters the auditorium the play is a mystery. They are looking for clues as to the nature of the story in which they are about to participate. The designer's job is to select what these clues are. How does the designer...
Multiple freight train cars on five sets of tracks leading to large industrial equipment with four smokestacks. To the right is a barge docked in the water. To the left are large piles of ore. Title: 6680 - Great Hoists, Hughlett & Brown...
This thesis is a methodological analysis of fire locations in Canadian provinces
from 2001 to 2010. The research presented in this thesis highlights the dominant fire
types for each province. Accurately locating active fires and burned area is...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Interiors; Basements; University of Louisville--Buildings; Mechanical systems; Debris
Dirt and mud cover piles of tangled tubing, plastic sheeting, cardboard boxes and plastic garbage cans. Pictured are the chilled water pumps that Physical Plant uses to cool the buildings. All of the motors for all of the equipment were replaced....
Algebra--Study and teaching (Elementary); Mathematical ability; Learning, Psychology of
The current study explored the impact that algebra knowledge in 1st and 2nd grade can have in growth and achievement in mathematics through 5th grade. Previous studies have shown the positive impact of teaching algebra in middle school (e.g. Smith,...
Thirty smokers were solicited from the Wichita, Kansas community via the newspaper and broadcast media for a stop-smoking project. The volunteers were assigned to one of two treatments: double smoking or a modification of Von Dedenroth's (1964)...
Human-animal relationships in literature; Coetzee, J. M., 1940---Criticism and interpretation; Coetzee, J. M., 1940---Characters--Elizabeth Costello; Animals (Philosophy); Animal rights
For the past four decades, scholarship on the relationship between human and
nonhuman animals has been growing inside the academy and sprouting ontological and
epistemological concerns about the status of the Humanities as an institution....
Linseed oil is the oil from the plant linum usitatissiumum. It is not a new oil, for we read that the Greeks and Romans used it, not as it is used today, but as a food, and it is still used for that purpose in some countries, especially in Russia,...
Three lab concrete mixes and one field concrete mix were evaluated to establish
the Air Void Analyzer (AVA) as a means of real-time, ���In-the-Field��, Quality Control
testing method. In this study, both the Air Void Analyzer and...
A crowd of men and a few boys pose in front of a large open-sided shack with piles of wood boards all around. Four of the people are sitting on some of the piles at right; the others stand at left.
Jilson Setters (a pseudonym for James William (J.W.) Day, 1860-1942), wearing a hat and carrying a cane, stands by piles of harvested corn resembling haystacks (probably on his farm in Rowan County, Kentucky). Title supplied by cataloger.
African Americans; African American churches; African American single mothers ; African American teenage mothers; Nursing homes; Nursing home administrators; People's Baptist Church (Louisville, Ky.); Single mothers; Teenage marriage; Teenage...
Oral history interview conducted on May 9, 1979 with Frances Smith by Mary Bobo. Mrs. Smith, a former nursing home owner and administrator discusses her childhood in Russellville, Kentucky, moving to Louisville at age twelve to tend to an aunt,...
This photograph is one in a series ordered by the law firm of Batson, Cary & Welch of this property. The image shows a partially constructed home or garage. At the top of the driveway, piles of lumber stand. The property includes some mature...
Address: 321 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. The display window of the Player Roll Shop advertises Q.R.S. Player Rolls, "Records by the Mile" and specific songs, including "My Mammy,"...
Industry; Sand; Bridges; Transportation; Rivers; Waterfronts; Big Four Bridge
Address: 129-133 River Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Sand is heaped in piles at the Ohio River Sand Company along the Ohio River. Industrial equipment, buildings and utility lines mark the property. A fuel company boat is docked along the river and...
Industry; Sand; Bridges; Transportation; Rivers; Waterfronts; Big Four Bridge
Address: 129-133 River Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Sand is heaped in piles at the Ohio River Sand Company along the Ohio River, next to the buildings for Pittsburgh Fuel Company. Rows of railroad cars are parked next to the businesses. Three boats...
A note on the photograph indicates, "View looking west after the Tornado of June 2d 1875." The Masonic Home for Widows & Orphans, located on 2nd Street south of Bloom in Louisville, Kentucky, was incorporated on January 15, 1867. In...
Piles of scrap are shown within a chain-link fence. The debris includes lumber, metal and what might be seat cushions. Considering the date the photograph was taken, this is likely the result of the 1937 flood.
