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Pile Driver (Wikipedia)
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The Wikipedia article on the pile driver, consulted for the tool operating principle of raising and dropping a heavy weight, and for archaeological evidence of pile driving at Scottish crannog sites roughly 5000 years ago, cited on the Pile Driving method entity.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikimedia Foundation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pile_driver
Source TypeReference Work
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Pile Driver (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead section
A pile driver is a heavy-duty tool used to drive piles into soil to build piers, bridges, cofferdams, and other "pole" supported structures, and patterns of pilings as part of permanent deep foundations for buildings or other structures.
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This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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