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Drilling holes for timber piles in hard sea bed
Improvement of shipping facilities at Port Victoria, Australia, necessitated extension of wharf by 90 ft which required setting of 20 timber piles, 11 in. in diam; hard limestone of sea bed was drilled, piles were set by diver into 5 to 10 ft deep drilled holes and then driven.
Drilling holes for timber piles in hard sea bed
Improvement of shipping facilities at Port Victoria, Australia, necessitated extension of wharf by 90 ft which required setting of 20 timber piles, 11 in. in diam; hard limestone of sea bed was drilled, piles were set by diver into 5 to 10 ft deep drilled holes and then driven.
Drilling holes for timber piles in hard sea bed
Commonwealth Engr
Willington, C.M. (author) / Watson, D.M. (author)
1951
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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