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GABION BOIS [1 record]

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Record 1 1982-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cofferdams and Dewatering (Construction)
OBS

Timber Cribs. Since ancient times dams, quays, and retaining walls have been built of rectangular cribs made by piling up alternate pairs of timbers and filling and weighting the inside spaces with rocks and earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épuisements et batardeaux (Construction)
OBS

Gabions en bois. - Depuis des temps anciens, les barrages, les quais et les murs de soutènement ont été bâtis avec des sortes de caisses rectangulaires, constituées par l'empilage de madriers et remplies de blocs et de terre.

Spanish

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