It supplies the city with drinking water of the purest description, and is thus in this respect alone invaluable, as there are no springs to be reached in the low marshy district upon which the metropolis stands, resting upon a forest of piles.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
It is feared that these walls before many years will have to come down all together, and a fresh and more secure foundation created by the driving of another forest of piles.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
About this time, the most important duty of our working force had been to uncover caches and dig up piles of frozen meat and blubber.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook