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Pile Foundations for Huge Ferris Wheel on Seattle Waterfront

February 27, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Seattle’s Pier 57 will soon be home to a 175-foot tall Ferris wheel with 41 air-conditioned gondolas. The foundations for this soon-to-be-landmark consist of 150-ft long, 30-36" steel pipe piles driven through glacial till. The […]