Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 313
rnately wet and dry, whiteor black oak and yellow pine are used. Piles exposed to tide waterare generally driven with the bark on. It is customary to fix an ironhoop to the heads of piles to prevent their splitting, and also to havethem shod with either cast- or wrought-iron shoes. Timber piles… … Fig. 6. Timber Pile Foundation. called the teredo navalis. To preserve timber in such .situations several processes are in use. The one most extensively employed is known as creo.soting, which consists of injectiufij creosote or dead oil of coal tar intothe pores of the timber.The frame of…
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