CLYDE QUAY WHARF.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 461, 20 March 1909, Page 8

CLYDE QUAY WHARF.

Any person uninitiated into Hie mysteries oV ferro-concrete constructiun would be puzzled on looking at .the Clyde in its present state to know what the strange arrangement of piles and steel network might be, 110 would probably arrive at the conclusion that it was a cave for a sea-serpent or some other real or unreal submarine monster. At present the network of braces and girders which forms the superstructure of tho whorl resembles nothing so closely as a cage.'' Out of 198 piles to be driven, about 130 are already down, and these have been joined at tho top by ferroconcrete, thus making one compact piece of work. During tho Into'■ spell of fine weather advantage has been taken by the foreman, _Mr J. M'Dermott, to push on tho work, so that groat majority of the piles in, the supcrstructural work is now well under way, A large number of the steel braces wmoh givo strength and stability to the concrete has been orected, and fiicse will soon be enclosed in the boxes, which form tho mould 'or the concrete covering. Above the braces will be placed a horizontal network of steel and concrete, and ou this the deck of tlio wharf will be built,