Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910: The Bergen Hill Tunnels. Paper No. 1154 — John Shaqi
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910: The Bergen Hill Tunnels. Paper No. 1154Lavis, F.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910: The Bergen Hill Tunnels. Paper No. 1154
Lavis, F.
Civil engineering -- Periodicals; Railroad tunnels -- Design and construction
This organization, of course, required considerable regularity in the
work, and this was finally attained, but at the beginning many sections
were often not finished on time, thus creating considerable confusion.
The progress possible with this organization (finally maintained with
great regularity) was 75 ft. of bench-wall and 60 ft. of arch per week
at each of the two working faces in each tunnel. This allowed the
bench-wall to gain considerably on the arch, and therefore at a suitable
point, as shown on the progress diagram, Fig. 9, a third pair of arches
was started, one in each tunnel, increasing the progress on the arches
to 180 ft. per week in each tunnel.
_Mixing and Transportation._--All the concrete used on this section was
mixed in Hains mixers, one being at each end. At the Weehawken shaft the
mixer was installed in the framework supporting the head-house and
elevators; and storage bins were arranged above, as shown by Fig. 11,
_A_, the whole structure being somewhat strengthened to allow this to be
done. At the western end the mixer was placed immediately under the bins
of the stone crusher, as shown by Fig. 11, _B_, the track below being
connected directly with the tunnels. The stone bin under the screen of
the crusher plant at the Hackensack end was divided into three parts,
the center being filled with sand by a derrick having a clam-shell
bucket, the other two with stone directly from the screen above.
This type of mixer proved very efficient on this work. The largest
number of full batches (0.8 cu. yd.) mixed in one plant per hour was
about 35; the largest number per day of 10 hours was about 240; but the
apparatus was never worked to its full capacity, the quantity of
concrete which it was possible to use being limited by other
considerations.
[Illustration: Fig. 11.
_A_ CROSS-SECTION OF HAINS MIXER INSTALLATION, AT WEEHAWKEN SHAFT
_B_ CROSS-SECTION OF HAINS MIXER INSTALLATION,
STONE AND SAND BINS ABOVE AND SCREEN OF CRUSHER, AT HACKENSACK
PORTAL]
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