The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-10
OIL TANK
IS SET UP
First Reservoir for
the Liquid
Fuel

The bottom and the nrst rins of the
the frs, OF the park OF storage tank
age soon 10 decorate the reef at iwIlel,
have been set up at the local manufac-
tory and the delivery Of the plates upon
the site Will begin shortly. The work
OF construction win not be long delay
ed, as the Pacific OIL Company viii Pc
cure the services OF some OF the ex-
p,rienced tank builders now In the Is
lands for the work.
The tank will be denominated as of
$1,000 barrels capacity, but In reality
will hold something like 81, 500 barrels
when completed. When all the iron and
wood work liz In place the combined
weight win be In the neighborhood of
2l5,0o0 pounds. The oil holder will
stand something more than % feet
high and will measure 96ia feet in di-
ameter. II will have as its companions
another OF exactly the same dlmen-
slons and one something like so feet in
diameter and rs feet high. the usual
form being departed from owing to
the necessity OF utilizing site which
viii not give the larger diameter.
The first section of the tank now set
up is a monster affair as the dimensions
In feet and inches do not give the full
idea OF the magnitude of the cylinder.
The bottom in made OF 4 -inch iron
plates that weight being sufficient. as
when tested and let down into place
the bottom rests upon solid concrete
foundation. There are in the bottom
1853 plates, OF an average weight of 500
pounds each, which gives forty tons as
the weight of that portion of the tank
alone. Around the edge, for the rivet-
ting of bottom and side plates together,
runs an angle bar which adds several
hundredweight to the aggregate.
The first ring of the tank is the heav-
lest iron which will enter into the con-
struction. Owing to the absence OF
any plates of 7-l6-inch In the city It
had to be made of u Inch iron, which
means that in each of the q plates
there Is 1000 pounds of iron, or an ad-
dition of 10 tons to the bottom, making
with the angles and the rivets which
will have to be put into this section of
the tank, something close to SO tons
of material which will be represented
In this section of the great reservoir.
There Will be four more rings of iron
to be added to this ground work, the
sizes decreasing as the height Increases.
The next ring above the first, which is
of 1a-inch, will be 3s-inch in thickness,
the next 5-16, the next a, and the top
3-16-inch. In these four rings and the
roof there will be something above so
tons more of iron and wood. Accord
Ing to the latest practice the roofs of
the tanks are not made of iron as in
the former day, as the heavy oil does
I ~ Of m a.
not the same danger of its diffusion.
There are placed on the floor of the
tanks two stills, which bear the pillars
which uphold the roof, as 1t is laid
upon its beams.
The building of the tanks upon their
/ foundations will be one of the most pc
culiar tasks which has been under
taken here. The tank must be tested
as to its floor and first ring, before 1t
Is put into place upon it's concrete base.
TO accomplish this the iron must be
placed firmly upon an artificial base
and then riveted. There must of course
he sufficient room for a man to work
beneath the bottom, not only in the
riveting but also in the caulking and
to see to the tightness of the bottom
and the angles once they have been put
together When this has been done the
task VIII come of letting down the tank
upon It's foundation, the entire mass OF
close to 90 tons being handled so that
there is no strainirg, which would rem
der inenective the work performed, for
there would follow some leaks without
fail, as the joints would not stand the
/ strainmg.
! For the work there will be employed
| only expert tank builders men who
nave been fetched from the southern
OIL heids of California for the work
! The three tanks will be ready for cree
ton within the next two months entire
ana the first one may be ready for the
. reception of cargo of the fuel within
the same time.