. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . The Old Method of Dining Piles by Hand-Po. 19SSI - Sf S5E * Ul* 2 ::s5-ijk The New Way of Driving Piles With Dummy Steam Engine The Architect and Engineer 67 The Old and the New Way THE accompanying photographs furnish an interesting comparison ofthe Id and new method of driving piles fur building first cut shows two piledrivers al work <m the foundations of agovernment building in Prussia in 1876. The two drivers shown in theillustration were operated by hand, about twenty men being employed oneach machihe. T
. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . The Old Method of Dining Piles by Hand-Po. 19SSI - Sf S5E * Ul* 2 ::s5-ijk The New Way of Driving Piles With Dummy Steam Engine The Architect and Engineer 67 The Old and the New Way THE accompanying photographs furnish an interesting comparison ofthe Id and new method of driving piles fur building first cut shows two piledrivers al work <m the foundations of agovernment building in Prussia in 1876. The two drivers shown in theillustration were operated by hand, about twenty men being employed oneach machihe. The best time made with these old hand affairs was one ortwo piles a day. The modern method of piledriving is shown m the bottomillustration. This driver is operated by an engine, and requires the seiof but one or two men. The scene of the work is the northwest corner ofBattery and Ilalleck streets, San Francisco, where a new building for theEastman Kodak Company is under construction. With this machine apile a minute is easily driven. Another interesting fact in connection withthe two photographs is th
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