Timber pilings serve as the foundations of many historic structures such as canneries, wharves, and shore buildings. The old pilings present challenging...
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Deep foundation (redirect from Pilings)
be made out of timber, steel, reinforced concrete or prestressed concrete. Prefabricated piles are driven into the ground using a pile driver. Driven...
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commentaries gives technical details of this wooden beam bridge. Double timber pilings were rammed into the river bottom by raising a large stone with a winch...
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Timber pilings were used on soft or wet ground even below stone or masonry walls. In marine construction and bridge building a crisscross of timbers or...
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Wood (redirect from Knot (timber))
Reclaimed lumber Sawdust brandy Sawdust Thermally modified wood Timber framing Timber pilings Timber recycling Tinder Wood ash Wood degradation Wood drying Wood...
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It tunnels into underwater piers and pilings and is a major cause of damage and destruction to submarine timber structures and the hulls of wooden boats...
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Workers used steam-powered pile drivers to drive more than 11,000 timber pilings deep into the riverbed, and buried steel sheet piling across the river at the...
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built using timber pilings and had a concrete and steel driving deck. Among repair problems as the bridge aged was shifting of the timber pilings. The current...
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suggestion was to use smaller wooden poles spaced further out than the timber pilings. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved...
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supplies of water and timber at the station, and for calling on the Superintending Engineer for nonroutine derangements. Timber pilings had allowed the SCC&RR...
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largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations, oak logs, in this particular case. It is located in the...
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a 2+1⁄2-story, frame mill on a foundation of fieldstone and massive timber pilings. It is sheathed in plain weatherboard and has a monitor roof. The mill...
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used to store wine and spirits seized by the customs. In 1825, the timber pilings which served as foundations for the custom house gave way, leading to...
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support the arch until it could be closed. The piers are supported by timber pilings driven to a depth of about 70 feet (21 m) below sea level. The project...
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(1.9 km) from the shore of Cameron Parish, from a platform built on timber pilings in 10-to-15-foot-deep (3.0 to 4.6 m) water. Some of southwest Louisiana...
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the oldest timber bridges is the Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden bridge that crossed upper Lake Zürich in Switzerland; prehistoric timber pilings discovered...
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supported structures, and patterns of pilings as part of permanent deep foundations for buildings or other structures. Pilings may be made of wood, solid steel...
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A pile cap is a thick concrete mat that rests on concrete or timber piles that have been driven into soft or unstable ground to provide a suitable stable...
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on May 18, 2000, a portion of Pier 34 collapsed when the 91 year-old timber pile foundation failed, killing four people and injuring 43 others. Subsequent...
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is a jetty located in Busselton, Western Australia. It is the longest timber-piled jetty (pier) in the Southern Hemisphere at 1,841 metres (6,040 ft) long...
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(1.9 km) from the shore of Cameron Parish, from a platform built on timber pilings in 10-to-15-foot-deep (3.0 to 4.6 m) water. Today, there are more than...
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Timber pilings elevated for severe Atlantic hurricanes...
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Timber framing (German: Fachwerkbauweise) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures...
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best hard timbers in the world to build enduring timber pile structures with timber warehouses. It is said to be the largest remaining timber pile wharf in...
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the Romans it was paved with flagstones, and supported by substantial timber pilings. The importance of these fords was demonstrated by their inclusion in...
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Lumber (redirect from Timber tree)
(staff, baton) In the United States, pilings are mainly cut from southern yellow pines and Douglas-fir. Treated pilings are available in chromated copper...
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Tile - Tilt slab - Tilt up - Timber - Timber framing - Timber framing tools - Timber pilings - Timber recycling - Timber roof truss - Tin ceiling - Tiocem...
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"heavy duty" commodities such as utility poles, railroad crossties and timbers, pilings and fence posts. The general use classification also allows copper...
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Timber rafting is a method of transporting felled tree trunks by tying them together to make rafts, which are then drifted or pulled downriver, or across...
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Wood preservation (redirect from Timber Treatment)
processes (also known as timber treatment, lumber treatment or pressure treatment) that can extend the life of wood, timber, and their associated products...
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