A MODERN DAM.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 928, 22 September 1910, Page 4

A MODERN DAM.

Vsimtrci^M' t AT,soLbM6N;^.OTpß. ; -.:.' ;The dam, .at [Solomon's, Knob, ; de»; Mr. W.'-. H.; Morton, City : ; Er>: gineer,. represents a/.bold."departure from traditional methods .'of dam .construction.; For'the solid: mass of 'masonry; concrete,: or .other .material, .of /.which , :been. .mostly-constructed ;in': 'the'-'., "past,-:there..-.JsV ; sub'stituted. 'a. ; celMar' arrange" ment of reinforced concrete : walls.',From, the reservoir, side 'the.' dam appears as:>': big .concrete wall rising- at: : an angle, of-forty-five degrees to.'-a .yertical;height.-jf. forty:, feet.. In fear.rthis 'sloping .-.wall, which tapers: in thickness from; three feet; •at its base: to.two.feet at;the:top, is slip-', ported by.a fegularly.spaced row of forty-" six buttresses..: Tbese< in turn; are .stiffen.; ed and\supported : by lateral walls.-;.As to the: portions underground, -the front 'of the dam' is supported idn'aconerefca.'.wa 11: which sinks vertically/for about.twenty: feet until' if' rests on'; a.-.rock; foundation.; The buttresses in. rear, stand on a .concrete floor,' ■ which v extends froni ,end.,lo, end of the :dam.!-To an-engineer a; work; of:this-:kind;presents, many -features,.'of; interest, and eyen.tne;layman.can,see.at' a : glance that in ati" extraordinary, degree, ■it :.with \. strength:. • The estimated cost of the structure, .is ..£46,000, and: one : ban' hardly : survey;'its vast' bulk; without'feelin'g' ; 'that it.-'...i5. : . remarkably oheap.'at:the':price.v v< .;.•.-■;-■'_.;:>; ;^ :: :.,vV:.^::.,--^