| Show I r VIADUCT OVER OREGON SHORT LINE YA YARDS D PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED I I 1 I 1 I The framework of the tho viaduct being 1 I I built over the th Oregon Short Line Linc tracks on North Temple street is i partially parti up u uthe the tine steel now in place p ce extending over three tracks on the west side of the th yards at that point This when completed will willbe willbe be one of the most prominent ent features f of oC the Oregon Short Line Linc and Salt Lake Reulo terminals in Salt Lake Starting with a gradual concrete approach h near u the tho middle of the tile block bluck between the westside west westside westside side of the yards y and Fourth West street I it will reach a height of thirty feet in I crossing over oer the t e tracks The east ap preach will also a 60 be constructed of oC con concrete concrete crete west of Third West wes t on North Tem Temple Temple Hundreds s of tons of structural tru steel is in readiness for use The Tho view shows piles of different nt parts part placed near the viaduct for installation The rhe viaduct wIll vill cost many thousands of dollars and will wili willbe willbe be one of the finest in the west Ample space will be provided for two walks one on each side sl for pedestrians while a wagon wason road will be arranged in the cen center center center ter Should i it be desired to lay a car ear track on the viaduct yr duet there will be room A gang sang of men under supervision of castern eastern bridge experts are constructing the viaduct which will be completed by bythe bythe bythe I the first of or next year ocar The side banks are monstrous pieces of steel tho the largest being seven feet deep five times as long and weighing seven even tons apiece Drum lifts are used to hoist these huge parts to the tops of the uprights where they are riveted into place by expert workmen who while suspended in the air on a tiny plat platform platform platform form swing a hammer as surely and safely as if standing on firm ground Helpers on the ground below heat the rivets with a hand forge and when the rivets are at throw them dex Photo by Harry ler to the men above The rivets are caught in buckets A forge Is some sometimes sometimes times installed on a platform at tho the top of tile the viaduct where trains passing rack back and forth below prevent men working on the thEY ground groundWork Work Vork Is being pushed on the west Rest end of the viaduct and Interested crowd crowds may be found standing around the seen scent watching the workmen as they the carry carl ahead one part of ot the tho Improvement pro program prom program gram m now being bemS enacted In tha the local yards n |
