Pacific service magazine . ing for tworeasons. First, known as Gas Station B, and the exten-sive transmission and distribution systemwhich includes 1400 miles of gas mains,was made before the conclusion wasreached that additional holder capacity wasrequired, also, that a large storage holder located in East the new holderwill be the sec-ond one of thecapacity statedto be erected inthe bay area ofour PacificService terri-tory, and willbe located inEast Oakland,its constructionmade necessaryby the tremen- ous industrial xpansion andspread of homebuilding activ-ity in that sec-tion ; second,the n
Pacific service magazine . ing for tworeasons. First, known as Gas Station B, and the exten-sive transmission and distribution systemwhich includes 1400 miles of gas mains,was made before the conclusion wasreached that additional holder capacity wasrequired, also, that a large storage holder located in East the new holderwill be the sec-ond one of thecapacity statedto be erected inthe bay area ofour PacificService terri-tory, and willbe located inEast Oakland,its constructionmade necessaryby the tremen- ous industrial xpansion andspread of homebuilding activ-ity in that sec-tion ; second,the new holderwill be of thetype known aswaterless, thesecond of itskind to be erect-ed in this partof the world. The indus-trial and resi-dential expan-sion referred tohas been thesubject of con-siderable studyon the part ofthose chargedwith the respon-sibility of pro-viding an adequate gas supply for the com-panys consumers in the East Bay thorough analysis of the companys cen-tral gas generating plant in Oakland,. Sketch of new waterless-type gas-holder to be erected inEast Oakland. Capacity 10,000,000 cubic feet. Oakland wouldprove the mostpractical solu-tion of the dis-tribution prob-lem. According-ly, a suitableholder site waspurch a se d at50th Avenueand ClementStreet, a loca-tion approxi-mately fourmiles from thecompanys cen-tral gas gener-ating plant andonly a short dis-tance from the16-inch highpress u r e linesupplying East;Oakland, San;Leandro andHay ward. Thelocation is alsoless than a miledistant from theend of thesemi-high pres-sure trunk linesupplying thelarge area eastof the LakeMerritt BartlettHayward Com-pany of Balti-more was awarded the contract and thewaterless type of holder was decided type was developed in Germanywhere it has been in use about fifteen years. Pacific Service Magazine 257 Approximately two years ago the firstholder of this character was erected in theUnited States and was conceded by all gasengineers to be a g
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