Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 163
sections, are being used for piling. This form of piling isgenerally used for dams, cofferdams, or locks, and seldom or never 181 120 MASONRY AND REINFORCED CONCRETE used as bearing piles. Fig. 44 illustrates some of these sections ofpiling. 193. Screw Piles. This term refers to a type of metal… … Jackson act as a column, and also towithstand the twisting towhich it is subjected whilethe pile is being sunk (see Fig.45). At the lower end of theshaft is a helicoidal surfacehaving a diameter of perhapsfive feet. Such piles can beused only in comparativelysoft soil, and their use is prac-tically…
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