. Engineering and Contracting. -li pile wharf or bulkhead may be consists of four or more rows of pilesrapped with square timber, placed at about) to 8 ft. apart and floored over with plank-ing of suitable thickness. The caps extend?yfZ^7S. V V V V V VFig. 4—Kent Avenue Bulkhead, WallaboutBasin Type. plished either by brace piles (by far the com-monest way), driven at an angle, the topssawed off and bearing against a longitudinalstringer; or by cross bracing between lowwater and the bulkhead deck. The lattermethod is much better in ordinary situationsas every pile is partially bra

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. Engineering and Contracting. -li pile wharf or bulkhead may be consists of four or more rows of pilesrapped with square timber, placed at about) to 8 ft. apart and floored over with plank-ing of suitable thickness. The caps extend?yfZ^7S. V V V V V VFig. 4—Kent Avenue Bulkhead, WallaboutBasin Type. plished either by brace piles (by far the com-monest way), driven at an angle, the topssawed off and bearing against a longitudinalstringer; or by cross bracing between lowwater and the bulkhead deck. The lattermethod is much better in ordinary situationsas every pile is partially braced, while withthe brace pile a slight settlement usually spoils

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