The water-jet as an aid to engineering construction.
A historical sketch of its application to the sinking of piles and casissons, and the removal of sand-bars and other alluvial deposits; embracing a detailed account of the method employed in driving sheet-piles for pier-lining at the harbors of Two Rivers, Ahnapee, and Sturgeon bay, Wisconsin.
By L. Y. Schermerhorn, C.E., under the direction of Henry M. Robert, major of engineers, U.S. Army.

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United States. Army.

Related Names

Schermerhorn, Louis Younglove, 1840-

Language(s)

English

Published

Washington : Govt. print. off., 1881.

Subjects

Piling (Civil engineering)

Note

At head of title: Engineer dept., U.S. Army.

Physical Description

16 p. 25 p.

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