Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies . ause of the ravages of the limnoria, had been built for twenty-four years. In rebuilding in 1879 larger oak piles were used, buta recent examination has shown that many of the piles have beenpractically destroyed. The wharf at Gallops Island, built in 1872,is also badly damaged, and many piles will be replaced this at Rainsfords and Long Islands also show serious injuriesfrom .the limnoria. On the other hand, oak piles in the upperharbor, where the water is more foul, resist much longer, and thereare probably many piles in Cr
Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies . ause of the ravages of the limnoria, had been built for twenty-four years. In rebuilding in 1879 larger oak piles were used, buta recent examination has shown that many of the piles have beenpractically destroyed. The wharf at Gallops Island, built in 1872,is also badly damaged, and many piles will be replaced this at Rainsfords and Long Islands also show serious injuriesfrom .the limnoria. On the other hand, oak piles in the upperharbor, where the water is more foul, resist much longer, and thereare probably many piles in Cragies Bridge which have been in ser-vice for more than a hundred years. A reference to the inroad of the teredo in Boston harbor,alluded to by Mr. Hodgdon, was made in the Journal of theAssociation of Engineering Societies, in the May number ofthe year 1894. A paper by Charles H. Snow (Transactions Am. Soc. C. E.,vol. xl, 1898), on Marine Wood Borers, gives a very completeaccount of the teredo and a less full account of the limnoria andother No. i. No. i. Spruce Pile Attacked by the Limnoria Terebrans. The LowerPart Shows the Pile Uninjured, where It was under the Mud. No. 2. Hard Pine Timber Attacked by the Limnoria. H hJ g Q fe Ph o
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