that the swiftness of the current has pre- neither of which was observable in this case. divers went down and brought up samples of the bot- vented any thorough examination of the river bottom, It is probable that the failure of the pier was due to tom, which is reported to consist of clay hardpan… … point to the probability of the swift current having that the bottom was satisfactory, and the filling of the the first place, the method of building up a heavy pier crib commenced forthwith. Bags of concrete were laid undermined the first pier from the south shore, causing upon the natural bed of…
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