Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 722
s on sand-banks with great success. An ingenious system of cast-iron piling was adopted by Mr. Clark in the erection of the Town Pierat Gravesend, in forming a foundation for the cast-iron columns, supporting the superstructure of the Xhead of the pier. Under the site of each column were driven… … Scale.—20 feet=l inch. A kind of foundation on the same principle as piling has been lately much used in situations whereordinary piling cannot be resorted to with advantage. The method referred to consists in sinkinghollow cast-iron cylinders until a hard bottom is reached. The interior of the…
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