CHAPTER I

_SCAFFOLDING_

Scaffolding—Definition of—Northern system—Derrick stagings—Working platforms—South country system—Gantries, commonly called travellers—Travelling gantry—Gantries which serve as a base for lighter forms of scaffolding—Stagings—Pole scaffolds—Bricklayers’ scaffolds—Masons’ scaffolds—Connections 1-29