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Contractors turn swamp into $150-million marine terminal
Building 24 berth terminal on 700 acre marshland for Elizabeth Port Authority Pier project involved dredging 14 MM cu yd of material for channel; ocean sand for fill was excavated, transported and fed to pipelines by hopper dredge; warehouse foundations compacted in 2 in. lifts; piles for wharf were protected by crushed stone dikes; cap and deck forms were used to permit concrete work when tides covered piles.
Contractors turn swamp into $150-million marine terminal
Building 24 berth terminal on 700 acre marshland for Elizabeth Port Authority Pier project involved dredging 14 MM cu yd of material for channel; ocean sand for fill was excavated, transported and fed to pipelines by hopper dredge; warehouse foundations compacted in 2 in. lifts; piles for wharf were protected by crushed stone dikes; cap and deck forms were used to permit concrete work when tides covered piles.
Contractors turn swamp into $150-million marine terminal
Construction Methods Equipment
1961
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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