In some ways Vulcan came into the pile hammer business as a “one-stop shop.” One of those stops was pile points. The first drawing produced of these was in 1896; the first documented appearance of these accessories in the catalogue was in 1909. As the drawings below show, evidence of them persists until the 1950’s.
Pile points for round wooden piles, originally drawn 16 December 1896. Pile points for a) 4″ x 4″ square wood piles and b) 9″ x 2 1/2″ wooden sheet piles, originally drawn 16 September 1901. Pile points for 5″ x 5″ and 6″ x 6″ square wood piles, originally drawn 3 June 1901. A diagram showing the different sizes of Vulcan wood pile points, 16 May 1957 Pile point for 12″ square concrete piles, 11 January 1934. Pile point for 10″ steel pipe pile, 5 March 1934. Pile point for 15″ square concrete pile, 6 February 1933