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<br />I' <br />t' <br /> <br />. ~.. -, <br />.l.i;.....:., <br />DISTRIBUTION PIPE LI N ES <br /> <br />iI <br /> <br />July 12, 1938 and released the area to the pipe line contractor. <br />The last section of pipe was laid August 6th; the line was cleaned <br />up. pipe tested for leakage, and the schedule accepted as completed <br />Odober 31, 1938. <br /> <br />Cast-i'll-Place Concrete Pipe <br />Three short schedules of this tYl'" of construction occur Oil the <br />upper feeder at the crossings of San Gabriel, Monrovia, and Eagle <br />Rock canyons, The first two, 520 and 600 feet long, respectively, <br />were built with an inside diameter of 10 feet, shell thickness vary- <br />ing from 12 to 18 inches, and heavily reinforced with elliptical and <br />circular hoops and longitudinal bars, The Eagle Rock Canyon <br />crossing, 533 feet long, has an inside diameter of 7 feet and shell <br />thickness of 9 inches, with similar reinforcement. Contract for the <br />three schedules was awarded to Basich Brothers, of Torrance, <br />February 19. 1937. Work was started on the Mollt'ovia Canyon <br />crossing in April and continued until October. when suspension <br />became necessary until the contractor on Monrovia No.3 tunnel <br />could release th~ necessary area at th\ west portal. This did not <br />occur until July 1988, at which time work was resumed and the re- <br />maining pipe and structures were completed in January 1939. <br /> <br /> <br />Santa Ana Ri"er crossing <br />