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Title: The Cuba review
Identifier: cubarevie10muns (find matches)
Year: 1907-1931. (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
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Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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THE CUBA REVIEW 23 CONSTRUCTING REINFORCED CONCRETE PIERS THE FIRST PIER ALMOST READY THREE OTHERS PLANNED The Port of Havana Ducks Company, owners of the Scovel Concession granted by the government of Cuba, are at present constructing the first of four large reinforced concrete piers in the harbor of Havana. These piers are designed to furnish adequate facihties for the loading and unloading of ocean freight and its economical handling and distribution, as well as to facilitate the work of the custom house, which will have its offices on the pier. Storage and bonded warehouse service with absolute protection against fire will also be available for such merchants as may prefer to store their goods on the piers rather than to take it to warehouses of their own and redistribute from there at an additional expense for handling and cartage and added danger of loss from breakage. Each pier will be 160 feet in width, and will carry a two-story shed of absolutely fire-proof (reinforced concrete) construction. Along the water front at the shore end of the pier will be a reinforced concrete building of four stories, which will contain the oftices of the custom house, the Port of Havana Docks Company and much storage space, which will be rented to consignees for their shipments. Between each pier and the adjacent one is a sHp of 260 feet in width, which will allow ample space for two ocean-going ships to- He with lighter outside of them, and .still leave a lane for traffic between. The arrangement of openings in the pier sheds is such that a steamer can work all her hatches and ports at the same time. All freight will be delivered on the main floor of the piers, then it will be sorted and despatched from the custom house. After despatch, the owner may send his team for it at once or may leave it in storage in the space allotted for that business. For reshipment to interior points, railway facilities are provided on the second floor of the pier sheds, and elevators will raise the freight to this level, from where it will be handled directly into the cars. The actual work of construction is in the hands of MacArthur, Perks and Company, Ltd., contractors, and they are pushing the work with all possible speed. The photograph herewith No. 1 shows the first" pier in its present condition. In the background is the floating derrick, which places and drives the concrete piles. Close to the derrick may be seen the heads of the piles already driven, and inside of these may be seen in succession capping of the piles, the first, or main floor, partly completed, the erection of steel columns and the falsework for the second floor under way. Photograph No. 2
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Illustration No. 1, taken in January. A view of the concrete piers in Havana Harbor now being, built by the Port of Havana Docks Company. See details on this page.

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