Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 320
preceding length is lowered. They are sunk by excavatingthe natural soil from the interior. When the stratum on Avhich theyare to rest has been reached they are filled with concrete. Cofferdams. There are many circumstances under which itbecomes necessary to expose the bottom and have it dry… … Fig. 13. Cofferdam, tight, and, second, to support the sides against the pressure of thewater outside. Fig. 12 shows the simplest form; it consists of tworows of piles driven closely and filled with clay puddle. In shallowwater and on land sheet piling is sometimes sufficient. Sheet Piles are flat…
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