Geotextiles in America

In a totally different application, the US Forest Service began using needle-punched nonwoven geotextiles as wraparound walls in steep logging terrain in the Pacific Northwest in 1974. The fabric rolls were sometimes delivered by helicopters. Geotextile-reinforced embankments were constructed in Alaska beginning in 1975 

Artificial seaweed tufted into a multifilament woven fabric was developed in 1965 by Sun Oil Co. and used to encourage sand buildup in the seabed and prevent further erosion. Both Nicolon and ICl followed with similar applications in the late 1960s (Brashears and DartneU, 1967). Silt fences, both on sloping gravel surfaces and underwater, were developed by Erosion Control Co., Burlington Industries, and the Mirafi Co. in the late 1960s (Koemer and Welsh, 1980). 

Terzaghi and Lacroix (1964) used concrete-fiUed woven nylon flexible forms to close an irregular surface between steel sheeting and a rock abutment surface of a dam in Canada (Mission Dam, later renamed Terzaghi Dam). This application began 

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