. Concrete silos; a booklet of practical information for the farmer and the rural contractor. Concrete; Silage. UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT CO. 61 screws. The materials are hoisted with the device shown to the right of the illustration. Mr. Anderson has made a number of im- provements on his forms this season, but pictures could not be se- cured in time for publication. McCoy Forms:—For a number of years Mr. John II. McCoy has been successfully using- a system of forms of his own invention in the construction of large silos and railroad water tanks in many parts of the country. This system, whic
. Concrete silos; a booklet of practical information for the farmer and the rural contractor. Concrete; Silage. UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT CO. 61 screws. The materials are hoisted with the device shown to the right of the illustration. Mr. Anderson has made a number of im- provements on his forms this season, but pictures could not be se- cured in time for publication. McCoy Forms:—For a number of years Mr. John II. McCoy has been successfully using- a system of forms of his own invention in the construction of large silos and railroad water tanks in many parts of the country. This system, which is now owned and used by the Steel Concrete Construction Company of Harrisville, Pa., is. Fig. 47. McCoy's system of silo construction used by the Steel-Concrete Construc- tion Company, Harrisville, Pa. shown in Figure 47. The forms are of steel made in sections, each of which is supplied with a separate rig for hoisting. The materials are raised in steel buckets by horse power and deposited on a trough which travels around a circular track. This track makes it possible to move the trough to any part of the work that it is desired to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Universal Portland Cement co. [from old catalog]. Chicago, Pittsburg, Universal Portland cement co.
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