Engineering and Contracting . Iclciw the surface. On the side-hills drains were dug at fre-quent intervals to lead off seepage and leak-age, .At every drain a bulkhead was put inwliich fitted closelv to the pipe and effectuallyintercepte0 per day. The working short, being limitol to live months—MayI to Oct. I. Some kinils of equipment were(ilentifiil in the country, notalily steam en-gines and boilers, but in other lines it wassa<lly lacking. ,\ well selected stock of cquip-Mient was <.rdered for the job, but breakases;md unforeseen dilVicultics sometimes causedawkward situati
Engineering and Contracting . Iclciw the surface. On the side-hills drains were dug at fre-quent intervals to lead off seepage and leak-age, .At every drain a bulkhead was put inwliich fitted closelv to the pipe and effectuallyintercepte0 per day. The working short, being limitol to live months—MayI to Oct. I. Some kinils of equipment were(ilentifiil in the country, notalily steam en-gines and boilers, but in other lines it wassa<lly lacking. ,\ well selected stock of cquip-Mient was <.rdered for the job, but breakases;md unforeseen dilVicultics sometimes causedawkward situations, in view of the distancefrom a base of supplies. Power was furnished from the Yukon bvdro-clectric plant on TwelveMile River, about lO miles from the pipeline. It was flelivcred at the main trnns-former-housc at .,000 volts, and there stepped. Fig. 1. Map of the Klondike Pipe Line. Yukon Territory. Alaska completed by the following Oct. 1, the end ofthe working season. .Ml the pipe was notthen on the ground, and what was on handwas not continuous. That is, sections of pipewere missing here and there. .\s there wereso many ditterent kinds of pipe in the line,and as extra pieces were few, it was generallyimpossible to use sections of pipe interchange-ably, therefore work could be started only atcertain places. In the course of the work, itwas necessary to start laying pipe at fourdifferent stations. .An error in surveyingwould lead to awkward conse(|uences whereany of these headings joined, as well as atangle points in Ihc pipe line. .\s there wasno heavy machinery or plate for making pipeof this size in the country, and there wouldnot be time to send outside for extras, itwas necessary to be very careful in survey-ing. .All the pipe on hand was first measured upcarefully and a relation established betweenactual measurements
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