Engineering and Contracting . of the cement would haveprogressed so far that a bonded joint wouldhave been required at each setting. Whileit is not certain that these planes of separa-tion would have leaked, it is Mr. Whipplesopinion that, with the class of labor available,there woi:ld have been great probabdity of excessive vibration, and tungsten lamps wereused for the more solid and piotectedpositions. The concrete was deposited througii spouts,suspended from a cable attached to the towerat one end anil made fast to a convenient treeat the other; the upper spout was open, beingshaped like t
Engineering and Contracting . of the cement would haveprogressed so far that a bonded joint wouldhave been required at each setting. Whileit is not certain that these planes of separa-tion would have leaked, it is Mr. Whipplesopinion that, with the class of labor available,there woi:ld have been great probabdity of excessive vibration, and tungsten lamps wereused for the more solid and piotectedpositions. The concrete was deposited througii spouts,suspended from a cable attached to the towerat one end anil made fast to a convenient treeat the other; the upper spout was open, beingshaped like the letter V and provided with angles at tlic upper edges to act as arrangement served to convey practicallyall of the concrete used on the entire job, thecable and spout being raised up the tower asthe job progressed. PLANT. The plant used was as follows: An erect-ing tower of timber was built as a first op-eration to a height of 164 ft. in order thatthere should be no necessity of handling tim-. Fig. 2. View Showing the Placing of theGraphite and Sheet Copper Slip Joint atBase of Shell of Fulton, N. Y., ReinforcedConcrete Standpipe. bcr over the heads of concrete laborers work-ing at the base of the tower. Particular at-tention is called to this tower. It w-as 0 \2 ft. in plan and was provided with a com-plete stairway witliin the structure from bot-tom to top, for the use of the oiler who caredfor the running gear at the top the hoist, forthe use of a man at tlie hopper who regulatedthe flow of concrete in the chutes and for alllaborers engaged on the tank in goinc to andfrom their work. Experience has proven thatit is economy in the long run to build an ex-pensive tower. The time saved by the menin going to and from their work repays theextra cost, not to mention the increased rigid-ity of the tower, and, greatest of all, theprevention of accidents. The plant further consisted of a SmithcciiKrete bucket hoist, the rails of which aremounted
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