To: Red Badger
Unusual, weird, outer serpentine walls.
16 posted on
09/02/2025 9:27:26 AM PDT by
Carriage Hill
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To: Carriage Hill
Keeps away snakes.................
23 posted on
09/02/2025 9:35:35 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Carriage Hill
A curved wall like the takes only one course of brick... Uses less brick than a straight wall. A straight wall would need to be thicker otherwise it would fall over. The technique is still used today.
To: Carriage Hill
Serpentine walls are self supporting.
Straight walls are much more prone to falling over.
IIRC
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