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Re: Mornington Pier, destruction!

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 7:11 pm
by 4liters
Fish-cador wrote:

I suspect those concrete slabs are only hanging off the edge and not pile driven on the bottom and only held by those bolts (possibly anchor bolts)
Yeah, they're not attached to the bottom at all. So those little bolts are probably the only thing (other than gravity) holding them in place as several tons of water smash into them every couple of seconds

Re: Mornington Pier, destruction!

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 7:41 pm
by purple5ive
The article i posted mentions divers working underwater. So I'm guessing that maybe they are bolted on the bottom as well.

Re: Mornington Pier, destruction!

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 8:03 pm
by 4liters
you're right

there's a Hun article that says the most recent damage was made much worse because they hadn't had a chance to fix the previous damage due to the weather