Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . ll 28 feet 10inches, and besidesthe back braces sidebraces were hinged tothe leads so that theycould be swung in anyposition required; andwhen the apparatuswas being moved the WA :ih( Starting the i work had to be light,so it could be draggedover the marsh-land,across grain fields andsloughs and could beloaded and unloadedfrom wagon and barguby the same motiwpower that was usedfor raising the driverhiimnuT. A leain wasoul iif the (lucslion. lllushalions herewith shown will give a goodidea of what was finally worked oul and provedsuccessful. Iite hoisting equ
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . ll 28 feet 10inches, and besidesthe back braces sidebraces were hinged tothe leads so that theycould be swung in anyposition required; andwhen the apparatuswas being moved the WA :ih( Starting the i work had to be light,so it could be draggedover the marsh-land,across grain fields andsloughs and could beloaded and unloadedfrom wagon and barguby the same motiwpower that was usedfor raising the driverhiimnuT. A leain wasoul iif the (lucslion. lllushalions herewith shown will give a goodidea of what was finally worked oul and provedsuccessful. Iite hoisting equipment consisted ofa ) II. !. .Standard reversible single-cylindngas-engine with a fjOO-pound lly wheel. The en-gine was bell-connected to a Mead & Morrisonhoist provided with two ihums with necessai\controls, etc. One dium was iiseil for hoislinI lie hammer and piles, the other for movin :ahi:id. .\ gypsy liead on the end of the lallcidrum was used for moving backwards, drai4ging |)ilis, clc. riic engine was cooled by means. 111 r<-pl iimliT Krutiiul. 268 Pacific Service Magazine side braces were hooked to the side out of the tool-rack or platform was extended at the rear endand on the side opposite the hoist levers. -Another plat-form was extended for the use of carrying material,etc., while the engineer had a small platform extendedon the lever side also. The hammer weighed 1100 pounds. \ half-inch flex-ible steel cable was used on the hoist and 900 feet ofsimilar cable was used for moving ahead. Ordinarilythe hammer was raised at the rate of 50 feet per minute,and when moving the driver traveled 25 feet per min-ute. The machine complete weighed about 7500 maximum length of pile that could be driven was25 feet. Five men were required to operate the machinesuccessfully, a foreman, engineer and three labat the rate of $, $ and $ per day res With no sloughs to cross and straight driving, onepile to each pole, poles 352 feet apart, the crew oco
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