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Today’s
Boston Globe newspaper has an article about the pilings supporting =
</span></font><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Boston</span></font><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>’s =
</span></font><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Trinity</span></font><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Church</span></font><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. </span></font></p>
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Much
of </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Boston</span></font><font size=2 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> was built on reclaimed =
swamp land
in the 19<sup>th</sup> century and this article describes the =
engineering of
building on this unstable ground.</span></font></p>
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They
drove 4500 spruce pilings 12” in diameter 35 ‘long to the =
bedrock
126 years ago. </span></font></p>
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It
seems the key to resisting rot is to keep the spruce wet which has been =
done successfully
in this case.</span></font></p>
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Anyway,
no mention of what kind of spruce was used, but I wonder how much =
“Tone
wood” is buried down there. </span></font></p>
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Come
to think of it there is a renowned pipe organ in the church that may =
benefit
tonally from those little tone circles in the pilings.</span></font></p>
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Tom
Driscoll RPT</span></font></p>
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http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/other/articles/2003/08/26/a_church_=
on_stilts/</span></font></p>
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