Word: piled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Faulty construction: not having the summer, which had to carry the bulk of the load, rest firmly on the pile; not fastening the pile to the other parts of the structure, and not sinking the pile firmly into the gravel...
...Faulty repairs: putting the diagonal support in such a way that any pressure on it tended to push the pile out from under the stringers. This could have been remedied by fastening the support rigidly to the pile by bolts or straps of iron, or by fastening the pile directly to the summer...
...Washing away of material from around the pile...
...opinion is that the weight on the diagonal support pushed out the pile, separated the stringer and summer, tearing off the small piece of stringer which rested directly on top of the pile, and so brought down the other parts...
...careful investigation of the joint before the accident would probably have shown the faulty construction and repairs, and the washing away of the mud, but not the decay inside of joint or the shortness of pile in the gravel. My attention had never been called to the condition of the supports to the platform, and I repeatedly asked if there was anything more which required attention...