Public works . lowered duringhigh water. The traveler that carried the steel form was thirtyfeet high and thirty-two feet wide. Each side sill wascarried by four 9-inch double-flanged wheels thatrode upon a rail spiked to timber stringers laidupon the concrete base course. Suspension rods andbrace rods, with adjusting ratchets, held the form inposition, the concrete toe being secured also by awaling timber, fitted to bolts embedded in the con-crete base. The steel form was designed by theBlaw-Knox Company. The concrete was transportedupon a trestle erected across the river parallel andclose to
Public works . lowered duringhigh water. The traveler that carried the steel form was thirtyfeet high and thirty-two feet wide. Each side sill wascarried by four 9-inch double-flanged wheels thatrode upon a rail spiked to timber stringers laidupon the concrete base course. Suspension rods andbrace rods, with adjusting ratchets, held the form inposition, the concrete toe being secured also by awaling timber, fitted to bolts embedded in the con-crete base. The steel form was designed by theBlaw-Knox Company. The concrete was transportedupon a trestle erected across the river parallel andclose to the dam. The engineering problems were not complicatedand the construction proceeded smoothly after oncegetting under way. Heavy rains filled the reservoirto its capacity soon after it was completed and waterhas been pouring over the spillway the greater por-tion of the spring. Even should not a drop of rainfall for two years, the city of Decatur will haveenough water for all possible needs during .;ates at end of weir section.
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