1984-01 January IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

44
Local , NECA Form
Work Recovery Committee
L U. 6 6\1 li& ~ml. SPRINGFIELD, OHlo-Olle to
the lack of fall wo,k 10 our ,urisdlcllon, a specIal
meeting wII be capable of ddlvenng
1,205,000 KW of powel'
ASIde f,om bemg Ihe 1~lIeSl Slructures on Ihe
project at 514 feel , the I .... m coohng lOwerS may
also be the m05' mIsunderstood The to .... els arc
natural draft, counle.·Oo,,", Iypes deSIgned to 00 ....
555,000 pllons 01 Water per mmule The IOtal
beat .ejecuon capable is an astoundIng 8.l5 x Icrt
BTU/ HR. The d,ameler of Ihe mlln supply hne 10
the towel IS 12 ieel and Ihere arc 10 mOlor·operaled
gate '·al¥cs whIch dlJectlhe wllCr Ihrough 30,000
feet of 6·mcb and 8·mch·dtametcr asbeSIOS cement
pIpe. There ue 8,042 one·,nch·d,ameler spray noz·
zles along the pIpe whIch fllte l the waler down
through 702,000 thrce·sllneenlhs-mch·threk as·
beStOS cement sheets mto the holdmg basin, and
the cooled .... aler tS then pumped 1010 the planl.
The holdmg capacity of the basm is 1,550,000
ganons
Some ph~slcal d,menSIOns 01 the tOWe l melude
a dlamele. of 395 leet at the base, 230 feCI at the
thlO", and 256 feet al the top. The thickncss of
Ihe conC rete veil IS 30 mchn at the base, 8 inches
at the threat, and 34 mches al the tOp. Atoui 01
16,000 cubIC yards of conc.ele and 12,000 tons of
lemlolcmg Sled is used.
Eleclllcally, the re IS plenty 01 work to do by
local 673 wiremen on the tO wer. The.e IS an
Cooling Tower
671, Paincu·il!e, Ohio, put the ;:; ;h':':;~':;
on J strobe ligh l support 514 It. up on
Towe. 2.
I
A vic .... of pan 01 th .. cleCllical ;O$talbtion and
the Inr·do .... n gantry eoane alop Tower 2.
extenSIve hghlll1ng prOleCllon system, 12 red aVlalion
beacon lighls. and flve sliohe hghts on the
lowe •. The lighming prolection gild syslcm S13ru
on the ground wtlh 1.200 feet 01 500 MCM w,IC
cncllc1ing the lO .... e •• Twelve 4/0 do .... n cables lie
Into Ihls and run IntO a 410 encl1citng cable at the
lOp. There are 41 hghmmg rods also fas tened \0
tbe mending cable on top. A mld·cable halfwa)·
up the tOwe r tiCS into the 12 do .... n cables. T he
Ih.ee laddels and the handrail on top ate incoI·
porated 1010 Ih,S syst~m . Furthermore, there lie
ave. 10,000 lect uf vallUus SIze condUIts contatnmg
over 15 mIles ol ...."c.
My cxpeTlence on the towel has hecn mlerest'"g
and unusual, and, perhaps, a once·m·lI·hiel1me
occurrence
S