Timber pilings serve as the foundations of many historic structures such as canneries, wharves, and shore buildings. The old pilings present challenging problems during restoration as they age and are destroyed by organisms and decay. Replacing the foundation entirely is possible but expensive. Regularly inspecting and maintaining timber piles may extend the life of the foundation.
Timberpilings serve as the foundations of many historic structures such as canneries, wharves, and shore buildings. The old pilings present challenging...
be made out of timber, steel, reinforced concrete or prestressed concrete. Prefabricated piles are driven into the ground using a pile driver. Driven...
It tunnels into underwater piers and pilings and is a major cause of damage and destruction to submarine timber structures and the hulls of wooden boats...
Workers used steam-powered pile drivers to drive more than 11,000 timberpilings deep into the riverbed, and buried steel sheet piling across the river at the...
supplies of water and timber at the station, and for calling on the Superintending Engineer for nonroutine derangements. Timberpilings had allowed the SCC&RR...
largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations, oak logs, in this particular case. It is located in the...
the oldest timber bridges is the Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden bridge that crossed upper Lake Zürich in Switzerland; prehistoric timberpilings discovered...
support the arch until it could be closed. The piers are supported by timberpilings driven to a depth of about 70 feet (21 m) below sea level. The project...
supported structures, and patterns of pilings as part of permanent deep foundations for buildings or other structures. Pilings may be made of wood, solid steel...
A pile cap is a thick concrete mat that rests on concrete or timber piles that have been driven into soft or unstable ground to provide a suitable stable...
is a jetty located in Busselton, Western Australia. It is the longest timber-piled jetty (pier) in the Southern Hemisphere at 1,841 metres (6,040 ft) long...
on May 18, 2000, a portion of Pier 34 collapsed when the 91 year-old timberpile foundation failed, killing four people and injuring 43 others. Subsequent...
Timber framing (German: Fachwerkbauweise) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures...
Timber rafting is a method of transporting felled tree trunks by tying them together to make rafts, which are then drifted or pulled downriver, or across...
(staff, baton) In the United States, pilings are mainly cut from southern yellow pines and Douglas-fir. Treated pilings are available in chromated copper...
the Romans it was paved with flagstones, and supported by substantial timberpilings. The importance of these fords was demonstrated by their inclusion in...
best hard timbers in the world to build enduring timberpile structures with timber warehouses. It is said to be the largest remaining timberpile wharf in...
by Pierce County. The wooden bridge was replaced in 1905 after the timberpilings collapsed and rebuilt in 1920 to include a steel swing span. The current...
"heavy duty" commodities such as utility poles, railroad crossties and timbers, pilings and fence posts. The general use classification also allows copper...