. Manual for railroad engineers and engineering students : containing the rules and tables needed for the location, construction, and equipment of railroads as built in the United States . w; 1W ~~~\ ! I i I. i i ■--- i ^ ! I ! i ! I | - 1 _. | T. W Fg- 134- piles is driven, and the puddling filled in, and the water pumpedout from the interior. When the bottom is of rock, so that piles cannot be driven, thedam may be built in sections, and floated to the site and sunk, theseveral parts connected, and the puddling put in. This was done FOUNDATIONS. 313 at the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, wher
. Manual for railroad engineers and engineering students : containing the rules and tables needed for the location, construction, and equipment of railroads as built in the United States . w; 1W ~~~\ ! I i I. i i ■--- i ^ ! I ! i ! I | - 1 _. | T. W Fg- 134- piles is driven, and the puddling filled in, and the water pumpedout from the interior. When the bottom is of rock, so that piles cannot be driven, thedam may be built in sections, and floated to the site and sunk, theseveral parts connected, and the puddling put in. This was done FOUNDATIONS. 313 at the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, where the depth of water at thesummer level was from 5 to 15 feet, the bed of the river being oflimestone, with large boulders on the surface. Dams, 188 feetlong and 90 feet wide, pointed on the up stream end, made withdouble sides, were floated out and sunk at the proper places, thehinder part being made so as to be removed, thus enabling thedam to be taken away to winter quarters. These clams, whenlaunched, drew only 18 inches of water. The bed of the riverbeing rock, into which piles could not be driven, at distances of
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