Make a hole somewhere else, pick it up on a crane, drop it into the water. Job done.
No Just put sand on the parameter until it reaches the surface then use sponges to dry out the water inside
Just bucket the water source block, duh
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?
Long time and unlimited resources is usually the way to go. Sure machinery would make it fast, but you can get 10 guys to hammer for 2 years to drive it. Then move on. Even today it’s a huge logistics and financial problem to build bridges which is why typically it’s always governments that did it.
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.
It is. Time team did a bit on it. I’ll try to find it.
Ed: https://youtu.be/8FAF1eW9Lz0
That episode, I’ll watch and find a time stamp but it’ll be a second.
47:40
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.
Step 1: Cut a hole in the water
This thread is just like reddit threads. All quips and one liners and minimal actual conversation, these posters are indistinguishable from karma-farming bots.
Literally all but 1 top level comment at the time I posted this one.
Why is the quality so damn low? It’s honestly depressing, part of the reason for leaving reddit was to get away from what is essentially auto-generated drivel/spam to actually interact with other humans interested in interacting with other humans.
This is done by pounding metal pilons & sheets into the riverbed side-by-side to create a semi-sealed off section surrounding the work site This can be done in two layers, an outer and an inner wall, and the gap filled with soil. Then the water is pumped out and workers can effectively work in the now exposed riverbed.
Isn’t lemmy.world supposed to be reddit but not reddit? Honestly this is kind of expected.
