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[-] TIN@feddit.uk 63 points 1 year ago

Make a hole somewhere else, pick it up on a crane, drop it into the water. Job done.

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

Amusingly close to the truth.

The sides are made elsewhere, and craned in. They are then pile-driven into the riverbed. You can then pump the new hole dry, and start working on the foundations.

[-] Darken@reddthat.com 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No Just put sand on the parameter until it reaches the surface then use sponges to dry out the water inside

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago
[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I. Drink. Your. River.

[-] bobzilla@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You just need the right mod.

[-] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

Just bucket the water source block, duh

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

It's all source blocks, we're gonna need to spam sponges

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Step 1: Cut a hole in the water

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Moses, that you?

[-] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This thread is just like reddit threads. All quips and one liners and minimal actual conversation, these posters are indistinguishable from karma-farming bots.

Literally all but 1 top level comment at the time I posted this one.

Why is the quality so damn low? It's honestly depressing, part of the reason for leaving reddit was to get away from what is essentially auto-generated drivel/spam to actually interact with other humans interested in interacting with other humans.


This is done by pounding metal pilons & sheets into the riverbed side-by-side to create a semi-sealed off section surrounding the work site This can be done in two layers, an outer and an inner wall, and the gap filled with soil. Then the water is pumped out and workers can effectively work in the now exposed riverbed.

[-] getseclectic@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sir, this is a c/humor

[-] Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

What meaningful conversation did you want from a post that shows a hole in a large body of water? XD

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

If I wanted to know how bridges work, I wouldn't be in c/humor.

[-] lorty@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Isn't lemmy.world supposed to be reddit but not reddit? Honestly this is kind of expected.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well it's supposed to be Reddit for the tankies. Only they've mostly gone over to lemmygrad now, but there's still enough wingnuts hanging around to remind us of them.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

...and yet half the posts are memes, unlike Reddit.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Scoop the water out until you reach the bottom, dig foundations, put water back in. Simple.

[-] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Close, but they just use a pump.

[-] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Pumping is just advanced in-line scooping. Change my mind.

[-] Ieatcrayons@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I'm trying to find a way to refute this, but I cannot.

[-] Aurix@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Do they use a Rent-A-Moses who then has to stay still for a couple of days until he can finally let his arms down?

[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This thing can fit a house and a small yard

Probably a bad idea to build there though...

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They dig the hole first and then fill in the river.

[-] Gigan@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago
[-] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

But like… how did they even do the first step of ramming the wood piles into a deep ass river without big machinery of some kind?

[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Long time and unlimited resources is usually the way to go. Sure machinery would make it fast, but you can get 10 guys to hammer for 2 years to drive it. Then move on. Even today it's a huge logistics and financial problem to build bridges which is why typically it's always governments that did it.

[-] Glemek@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The machine that shows up about 3 seconds in looks to me like a manual piledriver, uses pulleys and cranks yo pull the weight up, then just gravity to drop it down the track.

[-] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Sledgehammers (or similar) and lots and lots of manpower I'd guess. It's how they made it watertight before they drained it I'm interested in

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The weight of the water will push wooden pilings together. The flow of water though the gaps will also bring mud and debris into the cracks.

It's not perfect, and would need a lot of pumping/water removal, but it's just a case of manpower, at that point.

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