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17777	Klapp, Eugene	Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Reinforced Concrete Pier Construction			.txt	text/plain	2720	141	72	REINFORCED CONCRETE PIER CONSTRUCTION. A private yacht pier, built near Glen Cove, Long Island, has brought out ordinary construction, but with creosoted piles; (_b_) a concrete pier To construct such piers in the ordinary manner behind coffer-dams, and before been called to the successful use of reinforced concrete caissons These caissons are constructed wished to reduce the cost, and every other caisson in the pier head was omitted, so that, as built, the pier contains eight caissons and five the shoal water and the great height of the outer caissons in comparison water pressure would be nothing, but the filling of the caissons would The question of the effect of sea water on the concrete was given much The caissons, after being placed, were filled with sand and gravel from sending in at high tide a powerful derrick scow, many of the caissons The next caisson was then towed out, set against the floating	./cache/17777.txt	./txt/17777.txt