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 723
Springfied, Mass.; but to give the greatest stability to the work, thebottom was previously dredged, the piles were then driven, and cut off level considerably below thebed of the river. The spaces between the piles, and a few feet outside of them, was filled with beton,and raked off even with the… … Scale.—20 Ieet=l Inch. Molid foundations laid in cofferdams.—There are many circumstances under which it becomes neces-sary to lay the bottom dry before commencing operations. This is done by inclosing the site of the FOUNDRY CRANE. 113 foundation -with a water-tight wall of timber, from -within…
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