The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
Description Of Construction Plant on
the Illinois Shore Which Was
Taken From a Complete
Blue Print
SOMETHING OF THE SIZE
Readers can Get a Little Idea Of
Manner in Which the Extensive
Work Will be Conducted
Across River.

plans which have been worked out as
to the construction plant on the ILL
ncis shure is quite interesting, for it
gives something of the magnitude of
the work as well as the excellent ar
rangemert the water power company
has made in laying out all of the struc-
lures and machinery necessary to sue
cessfully carry or this work.
In reviewing TIE company's plans OF
the construction plant on the Illinois
shore it can be seen that the mixer
plant, which will be receptacle for
cement, stone, send and water during
the dam construction is so situated
that The rex quarry, cement shed,
compressor and boiler plant and sand
pile radiate ircm 1T.
The mixer pant will be 44x54 feet
and tangent to the eastern terminus
of the dam. The first construction on
the dam begins but a few feet from
this structure and as it is built across
the river the bridge on top will be
continued so that the railroad track
can be extended along on it to convey
The necessary materials that go in
formulating the main spillway.
At the right and parallel to the
mixer plant will be the sand pile with
capacity of $4,000 cubic yards. Sand
will be pumped from the Mississippi
at a nearby point in the river and
deros tee in one big heap to be used
as neeGsd A tower will be construct
ed at each end of the pile and twin
/ cableways will be strung to carry the
sand to it's allotted compartment in
/ the mixer plant The cement will be
/ brought from the cement shed to the
. mixer by means Of narrow gauge
railway and the water required Tor
concrete win be pumped from the riv-
water cement and crushed stone from
the bins of the mixer plant will be
: fed to the individual mixers auto
matically by gravity.
i Just back of the sand pile and on
the east side of the road the boiler
plant will have its location, and the
area covered will be 35x90 feet. Ex-
tending between it and the compressor
plant will be the coal burner. The
compressor plant is to be 40x110 feet
and will be almost as high up On the
hill as the cement plant, but will be
on the right side of the line Of the
DAM as are the structures above de
tscribed Some distance i'll the rear
Eof it are the present Office warehouse
and blacksmith shop, which are now
permanently located.
The rock quarry, now in it's infancy,
will sweep the entire rear of the
present site. From the quarry Lodges
now established it will work sout' as
far as Keokuk street and north to the
office and warehouse, also extending
well back III an easterly direction
Four cable ways with the large
towers, eight in number, will be con.
,, structed and by this means the rock
carried to the railways stubs, which
will become more numerous as the
quarry area is extended. These stubs
will merge into two main tracks; one
is for conveyance of big chunks OF
rock directly to the dam which will
be thrown in; the other will terminate
in the stone crusher, where the rock
will be crushed before going into the
mixer plant.
On line passing through the west
, erly portion of the quarry will come
. the company's railroad tracks; one
will be known as the cement track
and the other the coal track. Botf
will be carried across from one quar-
ny ledge to the other by means o
tlestles. These spurs will branch
from the main tracks some distance
south of the site, and the main tract
itself will terminate just short dis
lance in the rear of the mixing plant
In order to conveniently haul by raj
the rock and other materials add
tional track will be constructed from
time to time as needed.
Many are familiar with the location
of the cement supply shed, now il
process of construction. 1t is beint
tuilt almost on the crest of the hill
and just few feet to the south o
the dams line. The cement tracks
will come in on parallel on the rive
side of it. The cement supply for thu
mixer plant will be carried from th'
north end and be deposited in thu
mixer on the side opposite the dan
terminus
From the south side the mixer plan
Will receive its supply of stone. Tn
crusher plant is to be S5x42 feet ant
will be situated but short distanc
from the mixer. the crushed stone be
ing discharged directly from tn
crusher to the mixer bins.
Below the stretch of the dam, ea
tending from the eastern end to tn
river on ground grade from the QUAR-
stripping will be situated the switch
ling and storage yards, carpente