New Britain herald., 1918-04-23
Ellington WATER
pPPLY PROSPECTS
From Seventh Page) .

hem either into the distribution
IN OR into Shuttle Meadow reser-
the yield Of the whole colIec-
system will be approximately
600 gallons per day. From this
safe to assume that there will
necessity for providing extra
from the WhigVille or Wolcotr
yoFs to the city until the popu-
is around $4,000. With the
be reservoir constructed on Bur
pm Brook. the capacity of the
ton system would be Increased
620,000 gallons per day, This
supply the city until the popu-
is around $4,000.
city of Proposed Watershed on
4 Burlington Brook.
e proposed extension of the col
pm system will give a total area
. square miles of drainage area.
ming that the average run-o is
same as on the Sudbury Water
or 100000 gallons and the
Q and leakage 10 per cent, if
watershed is developed to its full
Hclty in wet years for use in dry
+, it would have an average yield
approximately 1855 900 gallons
day and would supply the city
the population was about 1872
kom the above it seems evident
4he members of this Board that
< should be started imm ediately
he extension of the water system
burlington, which means divert
the Burlington Brook into the
eville Reservoir, Complete sur
havs been made for two meth
ri diverting this Brook. The first
bod is the construction of a pipe
from the proposed location of the
p dam on the Burlington Brook
he Whigville Reservoir. This
line would have to be construct
=hround the mountain east of the
posed location of the storage res
FIR, The total length of the pipe
Id be approximately $4,000 lineal
with a capacity of at least 49,
1000 gallons per "A hours. a tenn
Iry diverting dam would have to
constructed on the Burlington
Rck in order to obtain the water
2n the brook until such a time in
future when the main dam and
[ages reservoir is constructed.
The pipe line would be constructed
fg the. highways and across about
Spty pieces of private property.
The estimated cost of the construc-
of this pipe line, not including
Il or water damages, is 100000.
|he other method, and the most
Fable way, of diverting the Bur
Eton Brook into the Whigville Res
Dir is the construction of tunnel
wen the two watersheds. This
pel as laid out would be approx
Lely 4,750 lineal feet long, of this
augh rock and the rest of the dis
ce or 800 feet through gravel and
lders. The water from Burling-
Brook would be taken from
Iporary intake dam, into an open
il to-the north portal of the pro-
ed tunnel, through this TUNNEL
ich passes substantially under the
age of Burlington, to the south
tai of the tunnel, and from there
the present branch Of Whigville
,ok and along this brook to the
tigville reservoir. The necessary
ings along the line of the proposed
mel have been made and Profess
H e. Gregory, of Yale University,
been consulted in regard to the
ure and formation of the rock to
encountered in the construction of
tunnel, his report on this is as
ows:
Expert Reports.
In accordance with your request,
ave. made an examination of the
logy along the line of the pro
ed tunnel connecting two water
1s-in the town of Burlington, and
nit the following preliminary re-
{:
The bed rock AS located, the
ut 500 feet at the north end to be
awaited in gravel and sand (glacfal
} From station 5 to station - the
( is prevailingly Schist with small
cunts of gneiss and of pegmatite
arse granite.) Gneiss forms about
per cent of the rock between sta
8 80 and Al. and pegmatite con-
ties about 90 per cent. of the
( between station A and brook
The south end of the line The
i5e of the rock varies from n. so
rec T. to n. 20 degree +. magnetic,
the dip if \ w the axis of the
ner therefore, meets the dominant
aes of fracture obliqucly, Cross
lures are numerous
he rock in general is sufficiently
/, to stand without caving and eX-
+ where decomposed seams occur.
probably not need to be lined,
Water in the rock. The joints Ill
schist, gneiss, and pegntatite carry
or which decreases in amount
Below 100 feet little is to
and parts of the tunnel
probably be dry. Water in
,unts too large for easy drainage
n the south end of tunnel and too
re- to be handled by pumping out
at its north end are not to be eX-
ted. The occurrence OF large
kets of water which when tapped
{endanger wOrkmen is unlikely.
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