The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-26
EMBRACING , AM
 IS GREAT FEAT
 OF ENGINEERING
Trap Falls Reserve Will Rival Hemlock When Job
 Has Been Completed.

Has Been Completed.
 Work of enlarging the Trap Falls Nam Of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co.'S reserve reservoir, Already one of the largest dams in tho state, is progress Ing rapidly.
 i The mammoth project of raising khis structure nine feet and increasing Hhe capacity from 1,4O0 million gal Rom oc water to 2,200 million gallons N4thout, entirely reconstructing the kdsrn. is one Of the engineering feass k06 the east. stN
 Engineers in charge of the work. RnAdey direct supervision of the Hy- kfaaiic CO, declare that when finished ht will offer one of the most unique hUmutions to reservoir reconstruction bthAx has been attempted in New Eng Ea1d TYAt ss 0lsAnge as the feat may seem to FtAe uninitaated modern reservoir ex- 6srts have discovered that solid mas kc4xy in dAEas as not as secure as unit IWirts and tAerefo-e the new ftop- kpdngr to the old reservoir w1l be tnprelN unAt blocks dovetailed into
 ch s<Aer and se< upon the old foun- tlkbon. ID prevent . collapse of the hktuI1ure which theoretically would tudsur without an earthen ''fi, com hnbnlZ u1sd h .ohsplete types of dams, fg& 4Sek Spakt f304n mean centers and I1G sp Shs height of the old dam ku41kk bullx h ls1x, ss approximately .bU1 1os< 1axh- Tnere win be 4s os }>1Ilnp nu3tremsa each containing sev-, krhl hnndrsQ toas of solid masonry irxS1 S1Edlnx over . frpnt of 1,e3o feet hxhs old dam gSt Asst In. length will 6nyA oeen ,exHunaed 1ss feet to add
 &sk6e ara te further dzstrdbuts the
 1ns hnisensaty .of this reservoir. kNt11cA alnaost equals In she the new HRanlpsk reservolr, the largest In Con- nn1a6nx, may b. sAuged from the fAct Iau3 Il fosmeray covsrSd 2ss, acres to fw&1nA m added 60 acres. totaling 1Ss I Eexsa Anye been clearod Mxht hun k1sod mtuloa gallons win soon spread lser suad4syz. woodland and farms kka.k haxe bean made ready for its ac-
 DanmodatacnA
 ~ 1Ae scene ox ths work, visited by . E unuurter for The Farmer, presents Dsotnfs of activity. Nearly POO men kEsl engaged in the construction HuEe op1ezs and cable spans weighing 15 or Aprs tons and carrying buckets of < naxef1al estimated at no less than fvo ( ouns arc reared aloft and travel acrpB Ese face of the dam Stone ouarrie4. Snd hararS, xushefs and concrete |. tnaxexs eachl having their quota of men we in continuous operation feeding the maws of tho forms" which car ss renters construct with ce1erity- Far { below the top of the monster dam, E Rurkm0n dig in water-nlled pits while N hydraulic ram spf4s and pumps. In anpther spot . urat "ciam sheH, Aucket dlss its way Into a pile of dtone end drops 1t into the mixers At mother spot a verftable deluge of the X &uunerste. spouts into the. two cubic < Sird buckets, each weighing a ton of pu1id metal, which affer passing on an Haoct11c tram, ls shot 75 feet into ths n1r and carried another hundred feet aH1y in less time than one can tell 1t
 Dtaudinx upon the dam one sees men uke nnere spec3D working below, while 6 the distance tho outlines of Beaver Erook Jam, also owned by the com pany, may be seen at a drop of 135 in l1fttndel As Beaver Brook dam is ' nbouf ITO feet above meal high water 4nArk the new dam when completed 1m Do approximately 3Q5 feet above , Hr1d9eport located in the town of a Hnntington, eight miles from this city md itself taking supplies from the di- { Rerting dam at Far Mill River and Dhston reservoirz
 The immense amount of work being 1One may be estimated roughly when ' is scanned the daily cement output is bAid to average 18O cubic yards. Each Bu1ac yard weighing approximately < pU friR1z If womb a1uea1- that 3eO tC1nS bx0 ui1ed into the structure between x In addition the old road has been bhanyed for nearly mile, forming bne of three lateral dykes to prevent bverspiHing of the water into the bDuntryside, and clearance of stumps \ Ind undergr@wfh, is being made. Probably the most unique sight on 4 )he exterior of the work is the hugp { AterpiIlar tractor of the Holt type at
 WUrk clearing stumpsL This aid in de- bructfon with 40 horse power gas- b1ine engine is capable of developing ! ractive pull of many hundreds of D1hnes the motive force. With the aid @ dynamite, huge stumps are dragged Tom the swamps- and uplands with
 base.I When the reservoir is comleted
 Ind allowed to fill during the spring,
 tpe roadway, several farms and much bOuntryside win have disappeared.
 The work of constFuction, is under
 Ehe direction of Samuel P. Senior, vice
 bresident and chief, engineer of the
 Bridgeport Hydraulic Co.,. assisted by
 Engineer w. c. Pollitt in charge of the
 york at the dam. The design, which
 Includes the novel feature of mortised
 blocks set upon tho top of the dam ssvaof s,,%1 t,n Ar,