San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 416
of the longest previousconveyor belt ever employed. Of 48-inch width and eight-ply construction,this gargantuan belt was manufactured by theGoodyear Company in eight separate piecesweighing ten tons each to facilitate its handlingand transportation, and shipped in rolls ap-proximately ten feet in… … EIGHT LAYERS OF COTTON FABRIC USEDIN THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS 9,700 FT.GOODYEAR BELT rubber for its manufacture. In action, the beltconveys coarse stone six-inch and minus, whichwill comprise the aggregate for the huge dam.Moving at a speed of 450 feet per minute thebelt will carry the stone for an…
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