Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 415
ucture The coffer-dam. The earth-work. The bottom springs. The foundation, apron, and pile-driving. The masonrv. The gates. The pumping engines. The pump-well, culverts, and engine-house. The machine and tools used ; and The cost of the work. Dimensions of the Structure.—The pit which was excavated… … DKY-DOCK. 413 The coffer-dam in front was four hundred and seventy feet long, and from sixty to one hundred feetwide. The wings were one hundred and seventy-five feet long, and from fifteen to thirty feet wide. A double row of sheet piling protection-timbers were extended entirely around that part…
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