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Show ; MIDWEST BUILDING LARGE CONCRETE STORAMK Immenie Reservoir Now I Under Construction Near Casper, Wyo. CASrKR, Wyo.. rec. 13. Ths great earth reservoir now under construction construc-tion by ths MUlwent on the) blurt west of Casper and north ot tho rlrer Is noarlng completion ae far as th ei-cavatlon ei-cavatlon goes. Tho work of pouring " tho concrete will soon commence-. Ths building of concrete reservoirs for ths holding of oil In ths West Is becoming Quits common and some great engineering structures along this lins havo been built recently. In fart ths tank of concrete are found ult- -'It li -'I -'-r from the x ic. hold-Ing; hold-Ing; about 10 barrels, to the great reservoirs, res-ervoirs, holding a half million barrela The Bitot storiiK of this kind was cnmpleteil a short time mo by the Kmpiro l'lps Ijlnscomuany at fialnes-vlile, fialnes-vlile, Tex., has some Improvements that ths engineers In charge of the building placed In tho plans and are Innovations. In this rcwrvor the floor was on a level with the Rround and tho walls were made by placing well tamped clay banks around the radlug of tho ellipse. The clay bank from tho retaining wall of I lie tank and wsrs rolled by steam rollers hauling harrows and graders behind them as ths clay was put In place In this way ths bank was firmed In place much mora solid than If the clay had simply been dumped Iv on rn wait. Tho floor and wa.ls of the bank were Mned with concrete In slabs and reinforced rein-forced with wire. The floor was reinforced re-inforced with wirs meh of sl Inches square and ths retaining wall slabs reinforced with six-Inch mesh. A two-inch two-inch aaiiil cushion waa also placed between be-tween ths soil and ths concrete so that any seuleiimit or swelling In the soil and clay would not crack, the c.n-SBansasaBBawsBaaBaaawasBSSBBwaaaawBSBaas |