, 1870-08-09
LAUNCH OF TIE "WHATIsIT.t

LAUNCH OF TIE @WHAT-Is-1T."
The 1mncnsc Crib OF the Cleveland
WnteF Works safely Laaucnrd-A
Mammoth l!ndrrtnMlnE-lkow II
Will be Got IN &'lncc.
From u4 cerv,ond Herald, Aug. q.
For three months past Il gigantic structure
has been IN progress on the north bank of the
old .7scE bed, uulike anything ever befoEo seen
here, in tie heavens Abovo, or in tho car!h be-
resth, OF ir tho wlsez. under the Garth As
ito wsl's gradually rose ;,S to ha,Shs os o. over
pearauce, and EoIclT exercised the curiosity of
Iii etranE.rr visiting that part Of the city.
1l,s huge - wAAt-,s-it ID the crib 70 BE- pl1cel
over tlIs aLalt II tho outer end OF the water
works tunnel. TIC launching Of the ponder
or, macs OF iron and WOOD WAS accomplished
on Friday morning.
1lc STRUCTURE weighs aCou. 800 toas-tvo or
th,ec lu..l1cd tons moro than the hull OF tho
largest vessel, while Its Shape is such 8s to
re.-de. it peeulisrl! crmbessoms and unwield-
Is. The prospective launch has b5cn tho sub
jcct Of much speculation among ri-or men Of
late, and predictions were not wanting that tho
enterprise woall provo hazardous ono,
fIauEEt with dangers aud difficulties without
"lmbcr, but the .niur Was lone, ap2aSently
Is cas,l: ~ : boy IN pinaforc5 1scnchna his in
fansile ship upon a duck ponl- 1t WAS an
nounccl that the Affair would take plaee at 9
O'Clock rlIay morning, and hundreds wended
tLe,r way thitEcr to witness the spectacle.
Sery maar, however, made Sad n,scalculA-
iicn. 1hoy rccloacd upou Al Aoar's delay
..na arrived 1t all ,imcs tetwcen and 10, oniv
20 find The huge mtnEtcr placidly floating in
the wster-
For several days previous tho wozkmen had
been enrascd il, preparations for thu Lunch
1ac Elas Icing the sasao As that in launching
Vessels. Heavy iitulcrs, descending by m
easy slope into the water, were placed under
1hc es15. These Ne7c covered with telush,"
the supports were removed, and ut = few min
utee before O'clock the ropes were cut Tha
7lie started It once, Rs easily ~ i bog sliding
Gown hill A. ii Slipped ia:o tho wator there
tSas one mighty Wavo which r;i1ed in either
direction and dashed against tho shore, toee-
ing the vcss els about as If III 4 heavy Sea. The
mighty 1nass rucked and sware1
Tor a few minutes and then rested
quietly. 1t was Ill over in two or three min
u;es, thc largo crowd which, notwithstanding
lie carly .our, tlrongrd tla banks and the
N......w stree: bridge, cheering rehcmon1ly at
the complete success OF tie Launch. The bot
tou OF tie structure .was tightly plankod, and
WAFER it would daw. Ar, whitel1v, water
wrrks engineer, had made q careful calcula-
tiul,, aud gave the opiniou tia. it would settle
IL the wafer 10 depth OF six feet and nine
iucL.E- Many rrot,hcsicd THAI tho immonse
weight would plunge 10 the bottom aud imbeu
er.lliscd That it {lo.te1 10 easily, = MEASURE
ilvni showing thnt II drew but ei1 feet aud
ci.vel, iIclscs s-onls ? iaeiles moro tAan AIr.
Nl,lelaw had recGoned.
! detailed lescn, ,.tion u the crib, from the
Fla.s ct the engineer, was given somo time
slEct in our coiuElns, Ill connection with au
a1shle UPON the water works improvement,
ta.d tt,ef statement unly viii be necessary
at this .ltlc- The structure il pensagoual III
stape, each Of lts five Eides is ftty-four
8. s,f
feet, AID tic mean diameter cishty-thr,e aud
Lalf feet. The p1eeent height is fort5-fo1r
feet, although it Las heen decided to add
Lfee more courses Of timbcr. making it forty
+tyen feet. 1GiA ii ,o~ins to the sin
Iu!sr fact That the water at the
reet is two feet deeper NOW than last
xiaT Nhen the measurement MAS mAde. Tho
crib IL compu.cd Of tlmterA twelve iachcs
square. laid Que upon another aud securely
fastened by meaus uf in,sumeraLle bolts aud
81 ikes- There arc tlltc- walls, with spaces OF
twelve feet each between tie exterior aud
middle sud middle AMI INTERIOR Within tho
hitter i the "wriE'' into which the water will
lnter ty means Of ;;atcways, below the sur
lace, md dc.et 1sd the shaft into tho tunnel.
ILeso walls arc counccsed and bra:ed by
means of f;mbers aud rods VI iron, iu tho
strongest poeslblc tnaaner." Sevsu hundred
thousand feet OF tuiler, h,1rl 1n,l4.trr, or
nearly G0, NOD Cubic seet, and fuTty tyla Of iron
Srfrc ustd i'll lis cuIlotElttiuu.
The ti,acts beta cell ti,,: walls will be i.loI
with etunc. t.4lulrnG ,U3 cof,t= or 6. .010 tons.
Two or three lunt]sei luus will Le put in iul-
Iueiiaiely for ballast. All1 tlia 1atter part Vt
1it st w.tk the Crll. will t,s tuAe el By tlItoa or
-four luSe 10 tile place wlerc it il to feet 1t
will tli-u iH sunk with tie rem.inder Of tue
ktv:le. 4nd will aianl lmnovlh!e as G:b-
1aitar. l1Ie ktol!c is FURNISHED aA1 PIT il by
Il. ". Ealkins aI.d E4trick Smith, from the
tiua11it4s on kc!!ts + lr'an Z Tils towing out
I'll tue immense craft wall ue novcl aad IT,
fe,cnt1:;, zpert 4c1G. l. IL expected that ono
occasion.
Tie contractors for The Glib, Nrsars- E. D..
4 A. II. Nclauatcr. su.uulcnce1 work about
tie Ilrst Of May, a ltt,.. over thrco mouths
bc.uE occupied III c"m,'icrinE il tllus far
Tho work Aas bec1 uu.luf tAa co1i-
&s,:t personal supervision OF Mr.. T..
j.. Dclamcter and tisc inspector appointed by
the WAtlr Works 1:oart, aud has been done
throughout III the n,ost thorough aud s1hstan-
iial ulauuer. The contract rE1ce MAS s5i 900,
Irt considerable extra work hsa been done,
a,.d tise total cett Will be about SCI, 900. This
includes the towing to its placs aud loading
With rtoi,e. The tu,lcr was brought from Sag
iuaw last fall, furnished by the Detroit Luua-
Ler Company.
LII e1cayating under tho CRIB, to place the
litub.1s for launching, the wotkmcu canao up-
en- the remains OF three separate establish
n.euta. FisA. CAME the debris Of slaughter
l4outc. q fcut or two lower bolts, epikea, Tools,
etc, o! ship yard. and still lower, nt tho va.
ter level, The foundation af an old saw mill,
wEict. was burnett Oh that site twenty-five o,
tEHiy ycazs ago.