By Michael King Piles are driven into the ground so that they can offer structures such as houses support using a piece of mechanical equipment called a pile driver. The crew that works with pile-driving rigs may also be referred to using this term. The use of these devices may be in water or on land. When they are use in aquatic settings, they go by the name marine pile drivers . Many people have laid claim to the invention of this machine. Drawing dating back as early as 1475 show that it was already existing. Some of the people to whom credit for invention has been given include Leonardo da Vinci, James Valoue, James Nasmyth, and Count Giovan Battista Gazzola. Even though the named individuals have been credited with the invention, evidence indicates that a comparable device may have been used in constructing the Scottish Loch Tay and Crannogs at Oakbank. These constructions are very old going back over 5000 years. In the United States, the invention of the steam version o...