Show ice will be used to lower gas tanks ogden ice wil be used to lower into place sixteen n gallon gasoline tanks at the th e ardys new air base at sat lake city municipal airport the tanks which constitute the man mam unit of a gallon air corps gasoline fueling system have been rolli rolled into a 15 foot deep excavation and are being acing covered with four coats of pain mainc the big metal cylinders are blocked up on timbers two or three feet above a 12 inch thick concrete slab which covers the excavations batom but when the painting is finished they will be lowered into final place i when the ice will be used the lowering will be done gently and accurately cura tely by placing large blocks of cf ice under the anks and allowing them to ro settle into place as the ice melts unusual feature of the underground fueling system is thal tha water entering the bottoms of the tanks under pressure will force the gasoline out the lops and through feed lines into air panes special valves through which 0 only gasoline will pass will prevent any water from getting into airplane fuel tanks |