The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-10
EAT KENSICO DAM A NOVEL FEAT IN ENGINEERING
Beautiful Driveways
and Parklike Sur.
r~oundings Likely to
Make Reservoir
Mecca of Motorists


about the construction work was the
manner in which the building nate
rails were handled from the founda-
ton upward as the dam grew in
height. The plant for placing the
masonry consisted OF a number of
travellers and Of a group of derricks.
These dealt with the material success
sively throughout the eight lifts which
represented the building layers. 80 to
speak. each of which had a definite
height. BY the time the thiii ;Es
was reached the w traveller rracks
were so close that there was not room
enough for a third or service track
between them. Two service tracks
were therefore provided on the back
fll on the upstream face of the dam.
and three service tracks on the back
fll on the downstream side of the
dam. The travellers were always ar
ranged so es to face each other, and
eight derricks were available on each
section.
The traveller tracks were laid on
masonry columns or piers, and as the
cement inc stone were placed around
and about these they successfully be-
came merged in the main structure.
Then the tracks were held aloft by
new piers reaching higher for the sue
ceeding lift. In this fashion the lay
ing plant mounted skyward and up-
Grated within narrower limits due to
the tapering cross section of the great
barrier.
In the eighth and topmost lift.
which had a rise Of 29.J feet instead
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reach Of their booms after which tho
material was laid nv a single ~,r,ye,Icr
with tho assistance NJ n vuv Jorri,,k
placed IN ton NJ IN. Las, dominated
~section In ,h,s ashi,r .s tho YORK.
ing foothold narrowed. tho lucrative
mechanisms worked successively
something like brick passcrs in their
combined efforts to surmount the dif-
fculties NJ the situation Inst tho
same. the buildinp progressed n, am,z-
ing speed. thanks IN skilful coopera-
ton AT every stage
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II NensIco l'am' nftcen mics
hor'h OF the city me VIII FORM the
upper terminus or the proposed bronx
river farkwa n lies directly IN
tne pain oi the state a~utohnohiIe road
therefore the settihE Is To =" made
p~urposely picturesque and the land
scape engineering features nave been
developed by the well known expert
: CHARLES W. l"aNltt. On tn" "
stream side of the barrier. along the
level portion OF the wish base. there
Will be a masonry terrace thirty feet
broad and about ten feet above the
adjacent Ground Below this terrace.
which Is not entirely for ornamental
purposes, are located the lower gate
chamber and storage spaces FOR the
use of the maintenance force. At eNCh
n OF the terrace will he a pair ~
small pavilions surrounding a flight
of steps which lead down from the ter
race 10 the driveway lever.
The great dam Will serve the pur-
pose or n drop or curtain 10 emphasize
the scenic FEATURES whl'h nave neeh
arranged Tor the downstream APP
Proach TO the RESERVOIR Immediately
IN front ana AT the centre OF the TER
race 'here Will ne Il !dIS' FOUNTAIN
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