Grip Collection 86-P-21-001

86-P-21-001
A point field. "In those years, the dredge ground was thawed with cold-water points. Now the pressure that came down through the waterline and then eventually was reduced into the hose that was attached to the cold-water point with a 3/4 inch pipe There was a diamond-shaped point with two jets that would come out from either side. We would have what we called a clamp and a hammer. The clamp doesn't show in this picture, but the clamp held on with a nut and we carried a wrench. Each of us was assigned a number of points that we worked." The crew worked 12 hours a day, connecting the points with 10-foot sections of pipe. Working with hammer and clamp, these lengths were driven into the ground, often 22-28 feet deep. "If I remember correctly, when we got the points down it was something like 10 days we would leave them in and then the points were pulled out and we would move on to another section of ground."