Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-06
WAY DOWN ON CAPE FEAR
DEVELOPMENT GOING ON
Good Old Town OF Fayetteville Is
Getting Largely on Industrial
Map of Country.
DEEPENING OF y GREAT RIVER
Pine Old North Carolina Town Comes
to Its Own by the Help of the Gov
eminent, Supplemented by Its Own
Good Work

ssssA uoou NoFk.
Thomas H. sutton the wide awake
secretorv ~ ~. c,b,,,he- 80 Cormercc
-, r-a.'.r
~ raEe''eF''i'' y - ana ne"SPaPe'
man who knows how 10 tell story
4intellisentlv. writes the Industrial Sec
III, , t,,,
FrooaoiH a!l the c!'2ehS OIL L aye cite
willie are aware that the United states
government is doing some sort of
,,,t . ,. g.,
80 va " fr
rear RIVER. Mucn has been said about
it by the papers IN the past, and oc-
casio,,, r,.. a -, 3, ov,
wi,bont doub, ,ro,or,;on of
- ~
s.
"ha' Is pe'hs "oh'' me magnitude OIL
%the work and its great and far-reach-
ing benefits to our city. Certainly
-. ,. "a,
.ne no" N"sue '"e" %
Inc "oTk, ana VISIT TO me hfst lock
and dam at KINGS Bluff soon con-
WINGED him that his idea was no only
very small, but also very incorrect.
The following notes are layman's
Impressions OF a gigantic engineering
feat and are not intended TO thor
soughiy famlliarize one with what has
heen done. and how.
To get an idea of the size of this
work it must he remembered that
Kings Bluff is just about at the head
OF tidewater in the river; that tkc
river al that point is $40 feet wide.
On the eastern bank Of the river is
Van enormous ahu;ment. This is OF
solid concrete. is about 6oX70 feet OIL
top and about thirty feet high above
the water. II extends back into the
bank anG is anchored to the bank
by means OF steel cables attached 10
steel piles driven far back ON the side
OF the river hill. This ahutment eX-
tends out into the water about fifteen
, feet II IS designed TO protect the
dam from being injured during high
water.
TIE D,N .SD HOW
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,he conc,c,e rou,5a,ions or ~. i,c,.
were lsid hnndrcds Of ,iftoon-incb ,,inc
nilinrs woya driven 10 denth OF
;hirtynye Zoo, I,r-, rs,. .,,iIirce v.,ro c,,
ofs sven w,,b .ao.j - M rivn, Tber
ne concrctn foundaricns yynr.. ia an
ton ~ no nIltnrs rh,e rtvce = h,sis.
which is absolutely permanent.
The appearance Of the lock is that of
great reetanFular box ~ each end
are me lock sates' cach gate being
twenty ieet wac ana Wr.ghinS several
IONS lhey are made OF steel. The
gates work ana III mo ench other very
much the sam" as the double doors on
large bank safe. Ine7e gates can only
'be operated on slack water An illus
frht'on WI! make mat clearer When
8 FesSc. - Solh2 upstream II enters
{the !"cA WIN 'ht upper E'teS closed.
ZINE water IS men at the same stage IN