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A brick-built electrical substation in Birmingham, England, with a soldier course running the width of the building, immediately above the door. Masonry coursing can be arranged in various orientations, according to which side of the masonry unit is facing the outside and how it is positioned. [2]
A "face brick" is a higher-quality brick, designed for use in visible external surfaces in face-work, as opposed to a "filler brick" for internal parts of the wall, or where the surface is to be covered with stucco or a similar coating, or where the filler bricks will be concealed by other bricks (in structures more than two bricks thick).
On each story, the sills below the windows and lintels above the windows are connected horizontally by courses of soldier bricks (which are laid vertically with their long narrow sides exposed). The northern and southern sections contain symmetrical setbacks at the 9th, 12th, 15th, and 18th stories; each setback contains parapets with brick ...
Slip: A thin cut of brick, [2] sometimes referred to as a tile- used on internal spaces or in cladding systems. Snapped header: A half-bat laid to appear as a header. Commonly used to build short-radii half-brick walls or decorative features. Soldier: A brick laid vertically with its long narrow side exposed
In this way, a soldier can improve the position over time, while being able to stop at any time and use the position in a fight. Typically, a DFP is a pit or trench dug deep enough to stand in, with only the head exposed, and a small step at the bottom, called a fire step, that allows the soldier to crouch on to avoid fire and tank treads .
The soldier would then bite off the top of the cartridge (the end without the bullet) and hold it closed with the thumb and index finger. Upon the command prime. The soldier would pour a small pinch of the powder from the cartridge into the priming pan. He would then close the frizzen so that the priming powder was trapped.
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Perpendicular to the main block on its north end is a three-story 4x3 bay brick wing with one-story covered wood porch. Adjacent to the porch on the north end is a one-story, wood-frame enclosed section. Windows in the rear elevation contain 1/1 sash with plain stone sills and soldier course brick lintels.