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Identifier: pacificservicema1019paci (find matches)
Title: Pacific service magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Subjects: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Electric utilities Electrical engineering Public utilities
Publisher: San Francisco : Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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1. Floating into place the CO-ft. section. 2. Thejob on the water. were made for sinking the line. Thesewere made of concrete. At first it washoped to cast a block with groovesthrough the base that would straddle thepipe, each block to weigh about three-fourths of a ton when submerged. Twoeyebolts protruded from the top of theblocks, so that slip hooks would pickthem up. A derrick barge and diver wereto be used in placing the weights. Aftera diver had been secured to examine the final weld—a most difllcult The repairingof the breakand placing ofthe weightswere in orderimmediately, asthe Bethlehemplant was rap-idly gettingready to utilize,the desired gasservice. A derrick barge, diver and aboutsix deck pontoons, launch, skiff andplenty of tackle were provided. Theline was again cut under the wharf, theboom used to pick up the pipe at thispoint. The derrick barge moved out inthe stream and with lines out to shoreheld a position to pick up the pipe. Threelines were dropped into the wat

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