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  2. Screw piles - Wikipedia

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    A screw pile. Screw piles were first described by the Irish civil engineer Alexander Mitchell in a paper in Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal in 1848; however, helical piles had been used for almost a decade by this point. [2]

  3. Olivier pile - Wikipedia

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    An Olivier pile is a drilled displacement pile:. [1] This is an underground deep foundation pile made of concrete or reinforced concrete with a screw-shaped shaft ( helical shaft ) which is performed without soil removal.

  4. Piling - Wikipedia

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    Screw piles, also called helical piers and screw foundations, have been used as foundations since the mid 19th century in screw-pile lighthouses. [citation needed] Screw piles are galvanized iron pipe with helical fins that are turned into the ground by machines to the required depth. The screw distributes the load to the soil and is sized ...

  5. Pile - Wikipedia

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    Pile, a type of deep foundation. Screw piles, used for building deep foundations; Pile bridge, structure that uses foundations consisting of long poles; Pile lighthouse, a type of skeletal lighthouse, used primarily in Florida, US, and in Australia Screw-pile lighthouse, a lighthouse that stands on piles screwed into sandy or muddy sea or river ...

  6. Screw-pile lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    Screw-pile lighthouse from Sea Stories, publ. 1910 by Century Co. N.Y. Maplin Sands screw-pile lighthouse (drawing published by Alexander Mitchell & Son in 1848). A screw-pile lighthouse is a lighthouse which stands on piles that are screwed into sandy or muddy sea or river bottoms.

  7. House raising - Wikipedia

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    House raising (also called house lifting, house jacking, barn jacking, building jacking) is the process of separating a building from its foundation and temporarily raising it with hydraulic screw jacks. The process is the first step in structure relocation in which the building is moved to a different location. [1]

  8. Tieback (geotechnical) - Wikipedia

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    Typically in the form of a horizontal wire or rod, or a helical anchor, a tieback is commonly used along with other retaining systems (e.g. soldier piles, sheet piles, secant and tangent walls) to provide additional stability to cantilevered retaining walls. [1]

  9. Pile lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    A pile lighthouse is a type of lighthouse found in Australia, the United Kingdom and United States. In the United States they are found primarily in Florida, including on open reefs adjacent to the Florida Keys. The pile lighthouses on the reefs in Florida are tall skeletal towers, with living and working quarters set high above the reach of ...