Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 142
. After being put in position they were filled up with concrete. After a few years of existence the piles got loose, the pier became distorted, and the whole construction was in imminent danger of collapse. The party then in charge of the pier contended that this condition of affairs was due to the… … Fig. 6. 3 feet long, ii inches thick, were ordered, and it was the intention to have them put on the piles at the injured localities by divers. While the sleeves were being made and forwarded, the owners had agreed upon the construction of a new pier, consisting of round, solid steel piles 4 inches…
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