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
In that part of the tunnel where sand-walls were built, a hollow tile
drain was built into the foundation, as shown in Fig. 13, _A_ and _B_,
along the foot of the water-proofing and connected at intervals with the
drains by 4-in. cast-iron pipes. When the sand-walls and water-proofing
were not built, however, the concrete of the foundations was sloped from
the neat line back to the rock, as shown by Fig. 13, _C_3, so that in
case any water found its way down through the rock packing, its tendency
would be to flow back against the rock, or to follow the low part of
this concrete to 4-in. cast-iron pipes leading to the side ditches,
rather than to find its way through the joint between the foundation and
the bench-wall and so into the lower duct lines.
_Sand-Walls._--The sand-wall forms first used are shown in Fig. 2, Plate
XXIV, with a section of the finished sand-wall. As this work was only
intended to give a comparatively smooth surface against which to place
the water-proofing, no particular care was taken with the surface,
except to avoid sharp projections which might cut through the felt and
pitch used for this purpose. A rather porous concrete (with all the rock
which could be safely embedded in it and have the wall stand) was used,
so that it would not act as a dam, but rather tend to allow the water to
find its way to the bottom of the tunnel, and so into the drains.
The traveling gantry for placing the concrete in the sand-walls, as
first designed, with the belt conveyor, could of course only deliver the
concrete at one end. Before setting the forms for a new section, it was
necessary, therefore, to move the gantry ahead, before the cross-bracing
between the tops of the forms, which also held the top platform, could
be placed in position. Fig. 2, Plate XXIV, shows the end of the conveyor
over the top of the cross-braces. In order to hold the bottom of these
forms, small wooden blocks were embedded in the foundation concrete,
against which they could be wedged, as shown by Fig. 13, _A_; these
blocks were cut out after the sand-wall had been built.
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