Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 253
done after the gabions were placed in position. A gabion was nothing more nor less than a woven pine stake-box, 6' x 6' x 12', coated with cement inside and out and filled with sand, using larger size gabions for the deeper water. The work done during the first season was largely destroyed by the… … Fig. 3. The South Jetty, 14,000 Feet from Shore. making minor modifications in the plans it was decided that the project should be carried on, and that it was so done until 1879, when the Board of Engineers convened once more for the purpose of passing upon the results attained after 7,332 feet of…
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