screw pile

The bridge was originally resting on cast iron screw pile.

Screw piles are formed using a special thick-stemmed continuous auger.

The structure used iron screw piles with wood decking.

"I understand that to remove the screw pile will require a specialised piece of machinery which was not immediately available today.

Instant Foundations produce screw pile footings for commercial and residential construction.

Known as a Wells screw pile, the original structure was held secure by being screwed into the reef's rocks.

George was a licensee of Mitchell's screw pile patent, a system for rigidly mounting structures to solid rock.

The piles on which the structure rests were driven using the screw pile method pioneered by Eugenius Birch.

Screw piles are galvanized iron pipe with helical fins that are turned into the ground by machines to the required depth.

A late 19th century bridge which is the second oldest extant with screw piles in Queensland, on what was constructed as a private railway to government standards.

The parts were then shipped to Seven Foot Knoll by boat where they were assembled atop of the screw piles.

Key words: helical screw piles, load transfer mechanism, failure criterion, individual bearing, cylindrical shear, torque correlation.

The third - Wyre Light - is unique since it was the first screw pile lighthouse to be built and lit in Great Britain.

As screw piles can be disrupted by ice, steel caisson lighthouses such as Orient Point Light are used in cold climates.

The first screw pile light in the United States was Brandywine Shoal in the Delaware Bay.

Based in Thetford Mines, Techno Métal Services specializes in the manufacture of metal components for screw piles used to support permanent structures.

The tower deteriorated badly and was replaced in 1855 with a square wood dwelling on screw piles with an iron lantern and a 5th order Fresnel lens.

The natural harbour with a rich hinterland, activated the development of the Port, initially with wooden piers and iron screw pile pier and connections to the railways.

The heritage-listed Annan River Bridge, located on Development Road, Cooktown, is a rare example of a plate girder and screw pile bridge.

One of the most famous towers was the Thomas Point Shoal Light - it has been called "the finest example of a screw pile cottage anywhere in the world."

The original design required screw pile foundations, but a deep bed of boulders was encountered and cast iron caissons, later filled with concrete and brickwork, had to be sunk instead.

After opening in 1846, it was rebuilt in 1872 along the new classical Victorian era civil engineering lines, with screw piles made from iron, steel supporting girders and a wooden deck.

In order to fulfill the new structural requirements of the renovation design over 200 helical screwed piles were installed through the existing slab on grade to support a new floor slab.