Engineering and Contracting . ong, vertical rods across the stack,which inflicted a slight scalp wound on a manworking on the scaffold directly opposite. Fig-ure 1 shows a view taken during the wreckingof the stack, and indicates the e<|uipment man was kept busy with the work oflowering the scaffold as the wreckingpnigressed. The concrete was broken up was built in sections about 8 ft. high, and itwas noticed in wrecking that all of the jointsbetween sections presented a horizonta! planeof clearage across which the concrete sepa-rated with a clean sharp break. Every 48 ft. the outr
Engineering and Contracting . ong, vertical rods across the stack,which inflicted a slight scalp wound on a manworking on the scaffold directly opposite. Fig-ure 1 shows a view taken during the wreckingof the stack, and indicates the e<|uipment man was kept busy with the work oflowering the scaffold as the wreckingpnigressed. The concrete was broken up was built in sections about 8 ft. high, and itwas noticed in wrecking that all of the jointsbetween sections presented a horizonta! planeof clearage across which the concrete sepa-rated with a clean sharp break. Every 48 ft. the outriggers were loweredand the upper portion of the tower then torndown. This operation required about oneday. During this time the cutting wasstopped for a part of the day on the upperhalf of the stack, while on the lower halfthe number of men was reduced but thecutting was not stopped. The broken con-crete and other debris were wheeled in bar-rows to a fill for a switch track which wasabout lnO ft. distant, being handled during. Fig. 1. View of Site Showing Reinfcrret concrete Stack. Adjacent Buildings andTemporary Steel Stack of Plant at Akron. Ohio. with sledges, and was iiermitted to fall in thespace between the inside of the stack andthe tower, the sides of the lower being pro-vided with the I X (i-in. guard strips shown inFig. 2. One man gave his entire time tocutting the wire mesh with a bolt cutler andIn lying the ends of the verlicid reinforcingrods (to (irevent their falling when Innsened).Figure I (i). iii!M shews the .irrangeiiunl ofthe vertical mds and the wire mesh after theconcrete was removed. The reinforcing rod,which is shown l>ent, was distorted to permitthe workmen to gain access to the vertical rods were each 2(5 ft. long. Theywere lowered to the ground outside of thestack, and were again used on other rods were found to be bright and cleanand were entirely free from rust. The stack ihc nights and Sundays by two laborers. Fxccpt for a
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