Sinking Hydraulic Piles.
Description:
Patent for new and improved sinking hydraulic piles. This design has for its object "the sinking of wooden or other piles in quicksand or ground in which the lateral pressure upon the piles practically prevents their being driven beyond a certain depth. To that end [the design] make[s] use of a jet of water supplied at the entering-point of the pile, and in connection therewith [the design] also use[s] weight applied at the upper end of the pile" (lines 8-16).
Date:
September 1, 1885
Creator:
Blake, Lowell Everett.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department