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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by CSSHEGEWISCH</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by jesus1st</i> <br /><br />yes, def. ,, they need to raise the town on ballest by 10 feet. how many millions of cubic yards would that bee...is there that much granite avail? <br />[/quote] <br />And the weight of that much ballast would still settle into the underlying muck, not doing a whole lot of good in the long run. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />That's true. NO used to be above sea level, 'til they started building on it, then it sank 7 feet below. Dumping a bunch of rocks would weight down the undermuck even more, and you'd end up right where they are now, 7 feet under. I don't know if they could pile drive some stability, anyone know how far down it is to bedrock?
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