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Reconstruction of Fort Hill Wharf at Darwin, Australia, described; tubular steel piles were driven in place of timber; superstructure timbers were renewed; wharf proper will be 140 ft wide by 503 ft long; both wharf and approach are founded on 18 in. diam steel tubular piles; heavy coating of bitumen emulsion is applied to piles above low water level as protection against corrosion.
Reconstruction of Fort Hill Wharf at Darwin, Australia, described; tubular steel piles were driven in place of timber; superstructure timbers were renewed; wharf proper will be 140 ft wide by 503 ft long; both wharf and approach are founded on 18 in. diam steel tubular piles; heavy coating of bitumen emulsion is applied to piles above low water level as protection against corrosion.
Steel pile wharf construction at Darwin
Commonwealth Engr
O'Meara, A.T. (author)
1953
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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