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Identifier: annualreportofme31904mass (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Massachusetts. Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board
Subjects: Sewerage Water-supply
Publisher: Boston : Wright & Potter printing co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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HIGH-LEVEL SEWER —Screen Chamber and Sand Catcher on Nut Islandin Construction —Views from Opposite Ends. No. 57.) AND SEWERAGE BOARD. 191 was laid a boulder-concrete masonry foundation to support theconnecting sewer from Nut Island to Quincy Great Hill. Thisfoundation and embankment were superloaded during the winter of1902-1903, and settlements were recorded. It was found that ap-preciable settlements in the subfoundation extended over a lengthof 675 feet, between Station 4-f-0 and Station 10-J-75, the maximumbeing about 2 feet. These had practically ceased before the workof building the connecting sewer in the embankment was attemptedduring the present year, and in the construction of the sewer, suffi-cient additional boulder-concrete was placed on the subfoundationto restore it to its original elevation. The sewer is of the horseshoe type, having a concrete invert linedwith 8 inches of brickwork, and a brick arch of a minimum thick-ness of 12 inches. Extending northerly from t

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  • booksubject:Sewerage
  • booksubject:Water_supply
  • bookpublisher:Boston___Wright___Potter_printing_co_
  • bookcontributor:Boston_Public_Library
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