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Ash fill on muck base makes airport
Construction of largest U S airfield at North Beach, New York City, at cost of $25,000,000; 12,000,000 cu yd of old rubbish hauled by truck from Riker's Island over temporary trestle and dumped into shallow water on top of 70 ft of soft muck; grading and filling operations involving 15,000,000 yd of excavation; job organization; temporary highway bridge. (See also - discussion n 23 June 1938 p 803)
Ash fill on muck base makes airport
Construction of largest U S airfield at North Beach, New York City, at cost of $25,000,000; 12,000,000 cu yd of old rubbish hauled by truck from Riker's Island over temporary trestle and dumped into shallow water on top of 70 ft of soft muck; grading and filling operations involving 15,000,000 yd of excavation; job organization; temporary highway bridge. (See also - discussion n 23 June 1938 p 803)
Ash fill on muck base makes airport
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 120
1938
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Ash fill on muck base makes airport
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