Artificial island and method of constructing the same

Claim 1

METHOD OF ERECTING AN ARTIFICIAL ISLAND IN A BODY OF WATER WHICH COMPRISES FLOATING A BARGE ON SAID BODY OF WATER WHEREBY IT INITIALLY GAINS VERTICAL SUPPORT, ANCHORING SAID BARGE TO THE GROUND FOR LATERAL SUPPORT AT THE LOCATION WHERE SAID ISLAND IS TO BE LOCATED, LOWERING FROM SAID BARGE THREE DOWNWARDLY DIVERGENT TUBULAR CASINGS GUIDED ENDWISE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH A RIGID STRATUM BELOW THE BARGE, DRIVING EACH CASING INTO TIGHT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE RIGID STRATUM, CUTTING A SOCKET INTO THE RIGID STRATUM AS AN AXIAL EXTENSION OF THE BORE OF SAID CASING, DISPOSING A METALLIC ANCHORING MEMBER PARTLY IN THE SOCKET AND PARTLY IN THE BORE OF THE CASING, FILLING EACH SOCKET WITH CEMENT TO BOND THE ANCHORING MEMBER TO THE WALLS OF THE SOCKET, CONNECTING SAID ANCHORING MEMBER TO THE INSIDE WALL OF THE CASING, CONNECTING THE UPPER ENDS OF THE CONVERGENT CASINGS TOGETHER AT A POINT ABOVE THE BARGE IN A COMMON CAP BY WHICH THE UPPER ENDS OF THE CASINGS ARE RIGIDLY SECURED TOGETHER AGAINST RELATIVE ENDWISE MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER TO FORM A STABLE BOTTOM ANCHORED TRIPOD CAPABLE OF RESISTING LARGE FORCES APPLIED TO THE CAP MEMBER FROM ANY DIRECTION, ERECTING ON THE BOTTOM BELOW SAID BARGE AT LEAST TWO ADDITIONAL STABLE TRIPODS AS AFORESAID TO FORM A POLYGONAL FIGURE, TRANSFERRING THE LATERAL ANCHORAGE OF THE BARGE FROM SAID GROUND ANCHORAGE TO SAID STABLE TRIPODS, RAISING THE BARGE FROM THE SUPPORTING WATER BY TRANSFERRING THE WEIGHT OF THE BARGE TO SAID STABLE TRIPODS AND HOLDING THE SAME BY CONNECTION WITH SAID CAPS AGAINST HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL FORCES WHEREBY SAID BARGE FORMS A PLATFORM SUPPORTED AGAINST OVERTURNING BY THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE ROCK SOCKETED CASINGS IN TENSION AND COMPRESSION LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF WITHOUT ANY SUBSTANTIAL BENDING FORCES AND RESISTING OVERTURNING INDEPENDENTLY OF VERTICAL LOADING.