Stack (unit)

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In the peat industry, a pile was used to describe a volume that was the basis for trading in peat . The pile was piled up to dry after pricking. This had different sizes and took into account the amount of shrinkage caused by drying.

The dimensions of the pyramid-like stacking per row were, for example, in the Paris stack: base area 17 by 9 feet , the top area at a height of 4 feet had an area of ​​15 by 7 feet. A pitched roof with peat sod was placed over it.

The fresh contents were around 516 cubic feet with no cover.

  • 1 Paris pile = 503 cubic feet = 90 costumes of 5 cubic feet each
  • 1 pile (in the Somme department ) = 320 cubic feet

Piles of sod piled up wet in the fall were called pilons , which were 6 feet wide, 22 feet long, and 3 feet high. The roof cover was 18 inches , making it around 400 cubic feet.

See also

literature

  • Leo Lesquereux: Research on peat bogs in general. Veit and Komp., Berlin 1847, p. 116. (Translated from the French)