Canadian engineer . ith a doubling of the productive capacity of thecountry. January 25th, 1912. THE CANADIAN ENGINEER PILE PROTECTION. In a paper read before the Boston Society of Civil F^n-gineers, which is printed in the Journal of the Association olEntfineering Societies, T. Howard Barnes described somewharf construction for the Guatemala Railway Company inPuerto Barrios, Guatemala, in which it became necessary Uideal with some creosoted southern United States piles whichhad been in place for about seventeen years. These pile?were nearly all of them in fair condition, exceptino- at andnear
Canadian engineer . ith a doubling of the productive capacity of thecountry. January 25th, 1912. THE CANADIAN ENGINEER PILE PROTECTION. In a paper read before the Boston Society of Civil F^n-gineers, which is printed in the Journal of the Association olEntfineering Societies, T. Howard Barnes described somewharf construction for the Guatemala Railway Company inPuerto Barrios, Guatemala, in which it became necessary Uideal with some creosoted southern United States piles whichhad been in place for about seventeen years. These pile?were nearly all of them in fair condition, exceptino- at andnear the water line, but at this belt for, say, 5 ft. in of them were badly eaten, many having cavities extend-ing completely through them, resulting from the combinedactivity of the teredo and the limnoria. The expense of replacing these piles with new ones would approximate $ The incentive for saving them by placing some rein-forcement was so great that the writer gave much time toits NO. >• OAkVAMIZIO IKOMStCTIONIAk WOOOCM COLLAO ?•OirTLAHOCCMC HOnTAil POULTirVFCNCINO * X iH OALVANIZCD,IRON rONM 8E0TI0NS OF PILE-REINFORCEMENT FORMSVERTICAL SECTION ON C-OHORIZONTAL SCOTION ON A-B ^ ttOTIONtHOWINO cONtrnucTK
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