Keeler water tank at Orange Empire Ry Museum
| January 27, 2009 11:34PM |
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The photos that follow are primarily taken by our narrow gauge equipment foreman and included in a monthly email.
The project has moved slowly but steadily.
The work started with the foundation for the legs. The original tanks had a separate square footing under each leg, a foot and a half or so deep. The reconstruction work is being lead by a registered civil engineer; he upgraded the foundation design. It looks the same from above ground, but he went 3'+ deep and underneath the surface all the footings are connected. This gives more strength and stability.
The first photo shows the excavation for the tank in Sept 07:
The second photo shows some of the form work being nailed together during Dec 07:
The final one for this post shows the finished foundation with a part of the dirt backfill completed in Feb 08:
more to come
Brian Norden
The project has moved slowly but steadily.
The work started with the foundation for the legs. The original tanks had a separate square footing under each leg, a foot and a half or so deep. The reconstruction work is being lead by a registered civil engineer; he upgraded the foundation design. It looks the same from above ground, but he went 3'+ deep and underneath the surface all the footings are connected. This gives more strength and stability.
The first photo shows the excavation for the tank in Sept 07:
The second photo shows some of the form work being nailed together during Dec 07:
The final one for this post shows the finished foundation with a part of the dirt backfill completed in Feb 08:
more to come
Brian Norden
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.