By JW August
While the OB pier stands abandoned, up the coast the Pacific Beach's Crystal Pier is installing pilings to replace damaged ones ... the crew told me they can do about one piling a day now. The job has three elements, moving massive steel girders and wood beams that provide support under the crane, lifting and placing the piling replacement, dropping it through a hole in the boardwalk down to the sand/surf below and lifting up a giant "hammer" over the piling replacement and letting it drop on the top of the pier to drive it into the earth.
By JW August
While the OB pier stands abandoned, up the coast the Pacific Beach's Crystal Pier is installing pilings to replace damaged ones ... the crew told me they can do about one piling a day now. The job has three elements, moving massive steel girders and wood beams that provide support under the crane, lifting and placing the piling replacement, dropping it through a hole in the boardwalk down to the sand/surf below and lifting up a giant "hammer" over the piling replacement and letting it drop on the top of the pier to drive it into the earth.