The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-23

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Erie City horizontal water tube boil
ers with 1OO-foot steel stack and an
SoO-horse power feed water heater
were installed at the pumping sta.
tion last winter, and an new eight
inch stem line run to the pump
room, thus giving duplicate steam
lines between boilers and pumps.
Early in the summer it was found
necessary to replace the old hori-
zontal boilers tubular boilers and a
second battery consisting of two
2O0-horse power Keller horizontal
water tube boilers with a 100-foot
steel stack was contracted for by
the board and is now nearly COM
pleted. In addition, two of the old
125-horse power horizontal tubular
boilers have been patched and are
being reset, which will give a total
boiler capacity of 1850 horse power.
This is ample to supply all of the
pumping machinery at the station
with one boiler out for cleaning.
A Worthington, two stage, horl-
2ontal, turbine pump with capacity
of 100000 gallons per day driven
by a 2S5-horse power Terry steam
turbine, has been installed in the
pump room, practically doubling the
capacity of the station and the old
pumps are being thoroughly over
hauled and placed in first class con-
dltion.
Two Warrington, horizontal,
volute pumps with a capacity of g.
100000 gallons per day each, driven
by American Blower Company
high speed engines, have been in
stalled in the pump room for sup
plying raw water to the settling
basins.
These Improvements give the sta
ton a capacity OF about 100000
gallons per day in all it's parts and
have cost approximately $23, 900.
to Pumping Station.
An intake chamber has been con-
structed in the existing dam and
new 16-inch suction line run to tho
pumping station, thus giving, with
the old 16-inch suction line. dupli-
cate raw water intakes of about g.
100000 gallons daily capacity each.
The old boiler house has been
doubled in size and the old wooden
roofs of the pump and boiler rooms
replaced with new slate and tile
roofs supported on steel framing,
the station practically fire.
proof. Numerous small items OF
work, such as a new lighting sys-
TEN, ETC., have been carried out so
as to place the station in proper op-
Grating condition. The cost of the
at the pumping station
was about $1O,500.
Distributing Reservoir.
A reinforced concrete reservoir
having a capacity of 100000 gal
Ions has been constructed on the
city property at the site of the steel
tanks. The reservoir is circular
tank So feet in diameter and 81
feet high and is equaled by but two
other concrete tanks in the world in
size. The cost of the reservoir will
be about $4,000, anc with the old
tanks. will give total storage OF
over a million and n half gallons.
Now Force Main to City with Con-
nections to Reservoir.
"a 16-inch force main has been
laid from the pumping station to
Hornor avenue along the Weston
road and cross connected with the
old 10-inch and 12-inch force mains
at the station, at the foot of the
lane lending to the tanks and at
Horror avenue, so that any section
may be repaired without disturbing
service through the other lines. This
gives practically duplicate supply
lines from the pumping station to
the city of 100000 gallons dazy
capacity each.
A new 16-lnch line has been CON
structed from the Weston road to
the reservoir site to replace the old
1o-inch and 12-inch lines carried
away by slip a year ago, and is
connected TO both the old steel
tanks and the new reservoir. This
line has been laid deep in the firm
material of the hillside and in places
was buried in concrete TO avoid any
possibility of damage from slips.
The cost of these lines and coanec-
tons was about $4,000.
Reinforcement of the Distribution
System.
The old distribution system has
been heavily raipFo ~,