. Cassier's magazine . ut down on the subse-quently rejected Ton gore site for theAshokan dam, are, in effect, said tohave cost an average of about $ foot. The 150 holes, totaling alength of 11,500 feet, on the site where the main dam of the Ashokanreservoir is to be located, averagedabout the same. The work which is being done bythe contracting firm of T. A. Gilles-pie Company, at High Falls, N. Y.,required the installation of a verylarge pumping outfit, and fully 75 percent, of the many types and sizes ofpumps used were Cameron pumps,furnished by the A. S. CameronSteam Pump Works of N
. Cassier's magazine . ut down on the subse-quently rejected Ton gore site for theAshokan dam, are, in effect, said tohave cost an average of about $ foot. The 150 holes, totaling alength of 11,500 feet, on the site where the main dam of the Ashokanreservoir is to be located, averagedabout the same. The work which is being done bythe contracting firm of T. A. Gilles-pie Company, at High Falls, N. Y.,required the installation of a verylarge pumping outfit, and fully 75 percent, of the many types and sizes ofpumps used were Cameron pumps,furnished by the A. S. CameronSteam Pump Works of New York. At the start four shafts were sunk,through rock, ranging in depth from450 to 700 feet, and during the pro-gress of the work large quantities ofwater were encountered. To meet theseemergencies the Gillespie Companyused a special type of Cameron pump,known as the tandem double steamend vertical plunger sinking pump,which was operated by compressedair. With this type of pump thework is done at first by the use of. TANDEM DOUBLE STEAM END VERTICAL PISTON SINK-ING PUMP. A. S. CAMERON PUMP WORKS. 344 CASSIERS MAGAZINE
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