Show I I rs I t I I 1 I e r H r r t- t r P r fl rr r f 1 PI t t t f I Ii 1 fI 1 ii tf I t- t I I f i i r r n nY Y r S Y v vr r s. s l r o- o t w Y v v f r a y r r pr- pr s r 4 Yr Y s P r r ri riM M 1 r 4 4 r p ww X d pl 4 1 ti rt r p LIMA b p e Ir I P t w M f t b TON 18 SECTIONS OF PIPE were slid down this rail track at atthe atthe atthe the Point Mountain Jordan Narrows The steep incline coming over the mountain was a challenge for heavy equipment handling the huge sections of the pipeline The sections were slid down the slope to the bottom where they were fitted together working back up to the top Central Utah Project Waterway Slides on Rails a If a skyhook were available at the the Point it could have been put to good use in laying 18 ton 18 ton sections of water pipe down the steep incline THE PROBLEM of laying the Jordan Aqueduct pipe down the steep slope into Jordan Narrows was Narrows was a real challenge to the contractor and engineers When they hit on the ingenious idea of sliding the pipe down on railroad rails ralls their problem was solved Jordan Aqueduct will extend on the west side of Salt Lake County from the the Point-of-the-Mountain to about South and West to deliver water from the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project for culinary purposes in Salt Lake County said Edward Jefferies Bureau of Reclamations Reclamation's construction engineer at Provo THE AQUEDUCT begins near the point where it joins the Provo Reservoir Canal after the canal crosses crosses under a anew anew anew new section of Interstate 15 The problem overcome overcome by the contractors contractors con con- tractors was placing pipe sections on the 65 percent slope extending about feet to the bottom of Jordan Narrows Because Because Be Be- cause of the steep grade it was impossible impossible im possible for heavy machinery to maneuver maneuver man man- euver up and down the slope Jef Jefferies eries said A huge ton crane was stationed at atthe atthe atthe the top of the slope from which a TD 8 dozer was lowered on a cable to dig the trench for the pipeline The dozer was wasl l lowered and pulled up the slope by the crane as the trench was excavated RAILROAD RAILS were then embedded embedded embed embed- ded in the bottom of the trench in concrete con crete three feet apart on which to slide the pipe section down the slope The long foot pipe sections weighing 18 tons each were then placed o on wooden wood wood- en bolsters that fit across the rails A coat of grease was applied to t to the rails and the pipe permitted to slide down the rails into place The rate of d descent scent of the pipe on the rails was controlled by bya a cable atta attached hed to the crane said Mr Jefferies WHEN THE pipe Is in place it is sealed seal seal- ed cd by a rubber gasket then the rails are buried burled in the trench under the pipe Eleven sections of pipe are to be slid into place by this unique rail method This work is to be completed the first week of January The pipe being used for the Jordan Aqueduct is fabricated at the United Concrete Con Con- crete Pipe Corporation at Pleasant Grove and hauled to the site by large trucks It is inch 8 inch diameter steel pipe that has been mortar lined and mortar coat coat- ed S S. S A A. A HEALY Company Is the contractor tor for the Jordan Aqueduct and work began last September on the 8 million contract Construction of the first 15 miles of the aqueduct is scheduled for completion in the spring of 1974 when the first CUP water is planned for Cor de 11 livery very |