Constructing New Reservoir for Schenectady Water Works
Recently the first section of the roof of the new Bevis Hill reservoir for the Schenectady, N. Y., water works was poured, a number of city officials being present when the first concrete was run into the form. While some sections of the wall were still to be completed and some of the floor to be laid it was determined to start the roof so as to make it possible to finish the various parts of the work at about the same time. The roof is a fiveinch slab of reinforced concrete, supported on concrete columns which carry concrete beams and girders, all interlaced with steel webbing and forming, when completed, a solid roof of steel and concrete. When completed it will be covered with earth. The first step in the preparation of the form was to set up the steel forms for the columns, which stand on specially prepared foundations in the concrete floor of the reservoir. On the tops of these forms a system of beams and girders is arranged. The steel floor on which the concrete is poured is supported on timber false work, which stands on the floor of the reservoir. The cement is piped to the part of the reservoir being roofed from the main tower, which is over 150 feet high
Recently the first section of the roof of the new Bevis Hill reservoir for the Schenectady, N. Y., water works was poured, a number of city officials being present when the first concrete was run into the form. While some sections of the wall were still to be completed and some of the floor to be laid it was determined to start the roof so as to make it possible to finish the various parts of the work at about the same time. The roof is a fiveinch slab of reinforced concrete, supported on concrete columns which carry concrete beams and girders, all interlaced with steel webbing and forming, when completed, a solid roof of steel and concrete. When completed it will be covered with earth. The first step in the preparation of the form was to set up the steel forms for the columns, which stand on specially prepared foundations in the concrete floor of the reservoir. On the tops of these forms a system of beams and girders is arranged. The steel floor on which the concrete is poured is supported on timber false work, which stands on the floor of the reservoir. The cement is piped to the part of the reservoir being roofed from the main tower, which is over 150 feet high
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