Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 - The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad, - The North River Division. Paper No. 1151 by Charles M. Jacobs
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there to the Weehawken Shaft, New Jersey.
3.--The Bergen Hill Tunnels, under the charge of F. Lavis, M. Am. Soc. C. E., Resident Engineer, including the rock tunnels from the Weehawken Shaft to the Hackensack Portal on the west side of the Palisades, all in New Jersey. Paul A. Seurot, M. Am. Soc. C. E., acted as Office Engineer in charge of the drawing office, and Mr. J. Soderberg as Mechanical Engineer in charge of the mechanical drafting. Prior to the construction of the above works Mr. C. J. Crowley acted as Resident Engineer on the construction of the Weehawken Shaft, and J. F. Rodenbough, Assoc. M. Am. Soc. C. E., on that of the Manhattan Shaft. Table 1 shows the quantities of certain materials and other statistics regarding this Division. TABLE 1. ------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------- | Bergen | River | Term. | Hill. | Tunnels. | Sta.-W. +---------+-----------+---------- | | | Excavation disposed of (or displaced), | | | in cubic yards | 263,000 | 238,995 | 517,000 Cast metal used in tunnel, including | | | cast iron and cast steel, in tons | | 64,265 | Steel bolts used, in tons | | 2,606 | |
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