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An Unusual Water Main Repair Job
Author(s) -
Jackson R.A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1978.tb01097.x
Subject(s) - water pipe , forensic engineering , engineering , civil engineering , geology , mechanical engineering , inlet
The procedure for repairing a broken pipe in an island in the middle of the James River in Virginia is described. Some of the unique tools needed for this repair included a small two‐man helicopter and a construction crane.