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Title: First-Nineteenth annual report of the Metropolitan water and sewerage board ... 1901-1919
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Massachusetts. Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board Sprague, Henry Harrison Walcott, Henry Pickering, b. 1838
Subjects: Water-supply Sewerage
Publisher: Boston : Wright & Potter printing co., state printers
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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n. In the meantime, greatprogress had been made in opening up the quarry and the takingout of stone to be used in the construction of the dam. Excavationfor the bed of the structure had been so nearly completed that a be-ginning of masonry work was made by the laying of the first stoneon June 5 ; and, though considerable other excavation was madeafter that date, the laying of the stones which are to constitute thedam has been continuously carried on, so that at the end of theyear, in addition to the installation of a complete plant for the work,masonry to an extent of more than 28,000 cubic yards has been laid,and for a considerable extent of surface this had reached a height ofmore than 40 feet above the rock bed. The progress justifies the expectation that, in accordance with thecontract, the dam will be constnicted to such a height that, by thespring of 1903, considerable water can l)e stored behind it. No-vember 15, 1904, is the date fixed for the entire completion of thecontract.
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No. 57.) AND SEWERAGE BOARD. 7 The coutract price for the erection of the dam, according to thequantities estimated, was $1,603,635.00. Work has already beenaccomplished to an amount of $190,218.24. (h) Wachusett Reseivoir. The work of removins: the soil from the bottom of the WachusettReservoir has rapidly progressed during the year. Of the totalamount of soil to be removed, estimated at 6,900,000 cubic yardsfrom 4,200 acres, 3,588,648 cubic yards, or 52 per cent, of thewhole, had been removed on December 31, 1901, and 2,116 acreshad been stripped. During the year 1901, 1,309,925 cubic yardswere removed and 1,358 acres were stripped. The removal of morethan one-half of the remainder of the soil is provided for underexisting contracts. Nearly all of the soil so removed has been usedin the construction of the North Dike, the small amounts of 167,389cubic yards having been taken for road embankments and 2,420cubic yards for shallow-flowage areas. The soil is loaded into cars,either dire

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