A Main in a Concrete Box.

A Main in a Concrete Box.

The Ashtabula Water company is doing a considerable amount of pipe-laying, in order to convey the Water to the East Side of the city of Ashtabula, Ohio. To do this the pipe must be taken across the Ashtabula river. It is being laid from the corner of Main and Booth streets along the latter street to the extreme edge of the river bank, whence it descends most abruptly to the bottom of the gulf-a distance of over 100 ft. There it runs straight ahead to the river itself, where it takes a turn to the southeast and runs underneath the river to the east bank, where it goes up the bank to the corner of Orchard avenue and Valleyvicw boulevard. The total length of pipe being laid will be more than 1,200 ft., 10-in. iron pipe being used. O-f this amount about 800 ft. will be laid in concrete. The section which goes under the river has already been laid in a solid box of concrete several feet under the bottom of the river and for some distance on either side. The pipe strikes the east bank of the river about 10 ft. below the surface and gradually rises until the steep bank is reached, where it comes close to the surface and then starts up the bank. On both the east and west steep banks concrete anchors are built every little way to hold the pipe in position. This is thought necessary because of the great pressure which it must withstand on these inclines and at the joints and elbows, the fall of too ft. and rise of the same distance being a somewhat unusual condition in a water main. ,

The Ashtabula Water company is doing a considerable amount of pipe-laying, in order to convey the Water to the East Side of the city of Ashtabula, Ohio. To do this the pipe must be taken across the Ashtabula river. It is being laid from the corner of Main and Booth streets along the latter street to the extreme edge of the river bank, whence it descends most abruptly to the bottom of the gulf-a distance of over 100 ft. There it runs straight ahead to the river itself, where it takes a turn to the southeast and runs underneath the river to the east bank, where it goes up the bank to the corner of Orchard avenue and Valleyvicw boulevard. The total length of pipe being laid will be more than 1,200 ft., 10-in. iron pipe being used. O-f this amount about 800 ft. will be laid in concrete. The section which goes under the river has already been laid in a solid box of concrete several feet under the bottom of the river and for some distance on either side. The pipe strikes the east bank of the river about 10 ft. below the surface and gradually rises until the steep bank is reached, where it comes close to the surface and then starts up the bank. On both the east and west steep banks concrete anchors are built every little way to hold the pipe in position. This is thought necessary because of the great pressure which it must withstand on these inclines and at the joints and elbows, the fall of too ft. and rise of the same distance being a somewhat unusual condition in a water main. ,