The concrete pipes were manufactured and laid under contract with Mr. Arthur S. Bent, of Los Angeles, Cal., the Company providing all materials, labor, etc. The contractor was paid 10 cents per lin. ft. of pipe manufactured and 10 cents per lin. ft. laid. He was also responsible for the satisfactory completion of the work.
Fig. 9.—Estanzuela Pipe Line Steel Forms For The Manufacture Of Concrete Pipe.
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Fig. 9 shows the details of the joint recommended by Mr. Schuyler and adopted for these pipes. The 63.5-cm. (25-in.) pipes were 61 cm. long and 76 mm. (3 in.) thick. The 55.9-cm. (22-in.) pipes were of the same length, but 70 mm. (23⁄4 in.) thick. For the purpose of strengthening these pipes while hauling them over very rough roads they were reinforced with four rings of No. 6 galvanized-iron wire.
Manufacture of Pipes.—The pipes were manufactured under the Supervision of Mr. H. Stanley Bent, at a pipe yard established below
the crushing plant, from which the crushed rock and sand were delivered by gravity in bogies run on narrow-gauge rails. The area of the pipe yard was approximately 11⁄4 hectares, and it was laid out with parallel lines of 76-mm. (3-in.) galvanized-iron piping with hose couplings for sprinkling purposes. After trials with aggregates of various sizes, the concrete for the pipes was proportioned by volume as follows:
| Crushed rock broken to pass through a 19-mm. screen | 0.136 | cu. | m. |
| Manufactured sand (run of rolls) | 0.119 | " | " |
| Portland cement | 0.090 | " | " |
| ————— | |||
| Total | 0.345 cu. m. | ||
| = (12.2 cu. ft.) |
Plate III, Fig. 2.—Steel Forms for Moulding Concrete Tubes, Estanzuela Aqueduct.
The above quantity manufactured two 63.5-cm. pipes; a 55.9-cm. pipe required 0.1415 cu. m. (5 cu. ft.) of the material, in the same proportions. Fig. 9 shows the forms for these pipes, and Fig. 2, Plate III, illustrates the process of moulding. The forms consist of cast-iron bottom rings, to the proper section of the joint, and inner and outer steel forms of 3-mm. plate, provided with inner and outer locking arrangements. The concrete was poured through a cast-iron hopper which fitted to the top of the outer form.