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[0]. The Pont du Gard, Nimes, France Frontispiece
1.Bridge at Shuster, Persia, over the River Karun 2
2. Bridge over the Adda at Trezzo Milanese 3
3. Caesar's Bridge over the Rhine 4
4. A Primitive Solution. (Earth-bank Coffer-dam.) 6
5. Coffer-dam in Tide-water. (Sheet Piles and Puddle.) 8
6. Buda-Pesth Suspension Bridge. (Puddle Coffer-dam.) 9
7. Buda-Pesth Suspension Bridge, Plan of Coffer-dam No. 3 11
8. Scraper Dredge. (For Drag Dredging, C. & M. V. Ry.) 14
9. Coffer-dam at Dam No. ii, Gt. Kanawah River. (Earth and Crib.) 15
10. Crib Coffer-dam, C., B. & Q. R. R. (With Puddle Chamber.)
11. St. Lawrence River Bridge, C. 1'. Ry. (Crib and Coffer-dam) 17
12. Arnprior Bridge, C. P. Ry. (Crib and Coffer-dam) 18,
13. Crib Coffer-dam, A., T. & S. F. Ry. (No Puddle Chamber.) 21
14. Coffer-dam on Grillage, Payette and Weiser Rivers, U. P 23
15. Coffer-dam on Grillage, Fort Madison Bridge, A., T. & S. F. Ry 24
16. A Crib Coffer-dam after a Flood. (Showing Plant.) 25
17. Apparatus used to force Clay into Crevice of Rock. (Leak.) 29
18. Details of Canvas and Plank Bulkhead, Keokuk, Ia 31
19. Inside View of Bulkhead, Lock pumped Dry, Keokuk, Ia 34
20. Canvas Funnel for closing Leaks. (Springs.) 35
21. Cribs for anchoring St. Louis Coffer-dam. (Crib and Puddle.) 36
22. Polygonal (Crib) Coffer--dam. Harlem Ship Canal Bridge 38
23. Details Coffer-dam, Arthur Kill Bridge. (Crib and Puddle) 37
24. Coffer-dam for Pivot Pier, Coteau Bridge. (Crib.) 38
25. Perronet's Pile Driver. (Historical; Man Power.) 41
26. Perronet's Bull-wheel Pile Driver. (Historical; Horse Power.) 41
27. Sheet-pile Driver. (Hand-power Derrick.) 41
28. Pile-driver Derrick for Use on a Scow
29. Lidgerwood Pile-driving Derrick 43
30. Hammer with Nippers. (For Horse Power.) 44
32. Warrington Nasmyth Steam Pile Hammer 45
33. Warrington-Nasmyth Hammer, Fair Haven Bridge 46
34. Cram-Nasmyth Steam Pile Hammer 47
35. Machine for sawing off Piles under Water 48
36. Pile-pulling Lever. (Hand Power.) 49
37. Pile-pulling Scow. New York State Canals. (Steam.) 50
38. Sheet Piles and Sheet pile Details 51
39. Charlestown Bridge. Driving Wakefield .Sheet Piling 52
40. Arrangement and Diagrams of Sizes for Sheet-pile Coffer-dams 55
41. Sheet-pile Guides and Clamps 57
42. Coffer-dam for Ann Arbor Bridge, M. C. Ry. (Sheet Piles and Puddle.) 58
43. Sewer Coffer-dam, Boston Sewerage System. (Sheet Piles and Puddle.) 59
44. Wakefield Sheet Piling. (Details.) 61
45. Type of Momence and Harper's Ferry Coffer-dams. Sheet Piling) 62
46. Coffer-dam on Charlestown Bridge. (Sheet Piling.) 63
47. Reservoir Coffer-dam, Fort Monroe, Va. (Sheet Piling.) 65
48. Compound Sheet Pile 67
49. Chattanooga Bridge, Bed-rock Pier No. 3 68
50. Framework of Coffer-dam, Cumberland, Md. (Sheet Piling ) 69
51. Sandy Lake Coffer-dam. (Sheet Piling.) 70
52. Coffer-dam and Concrete Pier, Little Rock, Ark. (Sheet Piling) 71
53. Removal of Masonry Pier at Stettin, Germany. (Sheet Piling.) 73
54. Coosa River Coffer-dam. (Sheet Piling.) 75
55. Stock Rammer. (For packing Clay to stop Leaks.) 77
56. Topeka Bridge Coffer-dam. (Sheet Piling.) 78
57. Hawkesbury Bridge, Caisson No. 6. (Metal Shell.) 81
58. Group of Cylinders for Pivot Pier. (Metal Shells.) 82
59. Pier of Two Cylinders, Victoria Bridge. (Metal Shells.) 83
60. Circular Saw for cutting off piles under Water 84
61. Cylinder-pier Bridge, Riga-Orel R. R., Russia. (Metal Shells.) 85
62. Cylinder Piers, with Diaphragm. (Metal Shells.) 86
63. Circular Granite Pier, Forth Bridge 87
64. Forth Bridge. (Metal Coffer-dam) 88
65. Forth Bridge. (Circular Granite Pier and Metal Coffer-dam) 90
66. Old Bascule Pump. (Hand Power.) 93
67. Old Chapelet, Side Elevation. (Water-power Pump.) 94
66. Old Chapelet, End Elevation. (Water-power Pump.) 94
69. Hand Pump, Soldered joints 95
70. Hand Pump, Screw Joints 95
71. Diaphragm Pump. (Hand Power.) 95
72. Van Duzen Jet Pump. (Steam Power.) 96
73. Lansdell's Siphon Pump. (Steam Power.) 96
74. Pulsometer Steam Pump 97
75. Section of Pulsometer 97
76. Centrifugal Pump, directly connected to Engine 98
77. Suction Details for Pumps 99
78. Centrifugal Pump, Double Suction 100
79. Dredging Pump 100
80. Dredging-pump Piston 101
81. Lancaster Grapple. (Derrick Dredge.) 102
82. Sand Digger. (Light Elevator Dredge.) 103
83. Osgood Dipper Dredge, New York State Canals 104
84. Osgood Dipper Dredge, Details, New York State Canals 105
85. Metal Tube for Concreting 107
86. Metal Bucket for Concreting 108
87. Concrete Piers, Red River Bridge 109
88. Concrete Forms, Red River Bridge 110
89. Concrete Forms, Illinois and Michigan Canal 111
90. Stone Crusher and Concrete Mixer, I. and M. Canal 112
91. Double-drum Guy Derrick, Am. Hoist & Derrick Co 113
92. Single-drum Horse Power, Con. Plant Mfg. Co 114
93. Double-drum Hoist Engine, Lidgerwood Mfg. Co 114
94. Crocker-Wheeler Electric Hoist 115
95. Lidgerwood Cableway Carriage and Skip 116
96. Lidgerwood Cableway at Coosa Dam. (Span 1012 Feet) 118
97. Hand Drill and Swab 121
98. Steam-power Well Driller 122
99. Test-boring Apparatus, Mississippi River Commission 123
100. Clamp and Maul. (Test Boring.) 124
101. Pier of Omaha Bridge, Union Pacific System 126
102. Russian Pier, Russian State Railways 127
103. Cresy's Experiments on the Form of Piers 128
104. Cresy's Experiments on the Form of Piers 130