Driving posts or piling with dynamite.

Abstract

On many occasions it is essential to put a piling or post in water or wet ground where a pile-driver is not available, particularly when just a few piling are to he driven, which would not warrant bringing in a heavy piece of equipment. A method has been worked out whereby the force of dynamite can be used to transmit a blow which is somewhat similar to the dropping of a pile-driver hammer. It is described here.