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Re: Trout Brook Bridge - Official Work Thread
« Reply #495 on: August 09, 2018, 10:06:38 PM »
More like a phft Dink.

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Re: Trout Brook Bridge - Official Work Thread
« Reply #496 on: August 10, 2018, 12:08:53 AM »
No Steam, Capstan, or Horse power?

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Re: Trout Brook Bridge - Official Work Thread
« Reply #497 on: August 10, 2018, 08:16:31 AM »
what's the total number of piles to be driven?

22 seems to be my recollection, but that may a be an old number..
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« Reply #498 on: August 10, 2018, 09:29:40 AM »
Hi ! How long will it take to drive them in?

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« Reply #499 on: August 10, 2018, 07:10:50 PM »
what's the total number of piles to be driven?

22 seems to be my recollection, but that may a be an old number..

Eleven on each side of the stream. Four on each corner and three in a row in the center. The first was driven yesterday and three more today which completes four in the south east corner.
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Re: Trout Brook Bridge - Official Work Thread
« Reply #500 on: August 10, 2018, 08:27:24 PM »
Thanks Bill.  Sounds like great progress so far!
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« Reply #501 on: August 10, 2018, 09:51:39 PM »
For those not on facebook here's pictures of the start of the pile installation. The pictures were posted on the museums facebook page tonight.

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Re: Trout Brook Bridge - Official Work Thread
« Reply #502 on: August 11, 2018, 08:38:27 AM »
What is the purpose of the corner piles?

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Re: Trout Brook Bridge - Official Work Thread
« Reply #503 on: August 11, 2018, 10:23:32 AM »
Are the pilings sharpened like a pencil before pounding or are they driven down flat?

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Re: Trout Brook Bridge - Official Work Thread
« Reply #504 on: August 11, 2018, 07:06:43 PM »
They are sharpened.  There's a giant pile sharpener hidden off to the side (kidding - they use a chain saw).

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Re: Trout Brook Bridge - Official Work Thread
« Reply #505 on: August 11, 2018, 08:30:45 PM »
Exciting progress! How deep were they able to be driven and are they in close proximity to buried remnants from the piles from the original bridges?
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« Reply #506 on: August 12, 2018, 07:09:04 AM »
 According to my rough calculations from the first one on Thursday they are probably about 20 some feet into the ground. Jason of course knows exactly how they are.
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« Reply #507 on: August 12, 2018, 08:00:46 AM »
Depth is not the determining factor,. These are friction piles which means the soil resistance against the pile determines the load.  I have had 25 ton piles at 30 feet and the same resistance on other piles at 80 feet.  I actually had a 40 ton pile go 100 feet and disappear into the soil as we discovered an underground cavern.  I will let Jason or Mike give us the exact design load.

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« Reply #508 on: August 12, 2018, 08:21:56 AM »
Design load was for 10 tons per pile, but that was using smaller piles. Not sure where we are with the larger piles, but will be fine.

The soil is also the determining factor for the piles. There is about 12 feet (if I remember correctly) of clay that these are going through to get to the glacial till, which is what I am in building the wall. I am told there is a noticeable increase in resistance when the pile reaches the glacial till. That is very good load bearing material.

There is ledge relatively close by, but too deep to find with the piles.
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Re: Trout Brook Bridge - Official Work Thread
« Reply #509 on: August 12, 2018, 09:26:25 AM »
Are the piles rot-proofed in any way?
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