The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYou just dig around the water.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down113
arrow-up1314arrow-down1imageYou just dig around the water.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareKiosade@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoBut like… how did they even do the first step of ramming the wood piles into a deep ass river without big machinery of some kind?
minus-squareGlemek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe machine that shows up about 3 seconds in looks to me like a manual piledriver, uses pulleys and cranks yo pull the weight up, then just gravity to drop it down the track.
minus-squareHonoraryMancunian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoSledgehammers (or similar) and lots and lots of manpower I’d guess. It’s how they made it watertight before they drained it I’m interested in
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe weight of the water will push wooden pilings together. The flow of water though the gaps will also bring mud and debris into the cracks. It’s not perfect, and would need a lot of pumping/water removal, but it’s just a case of manpower, at that point.
But like… how did they even do the first step of ramming the wood piles into a deep ass river without big machinery of some kind?
The machine that shows up about 3 seconds in looks to me like a manual piledriver, uses pulleys and cranks yo pull the weight up, then just gravity to drop it down the track.
Sledgehammers (or similar) and lots and lots of manpower I’d guess. It’s how they made it watertight before they drained it I’m interested in
The weight of the water will push wooden pilings together. The flow of water though the gaps will also bring mud and debris into the cracks.
It’s not perfect, and would need a lot of pumping/water removal, but it’s just a case of manpower, at that point.