Three Water Reservoirs, Alençon (France)
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https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.1972.v25.i246.3177Abstract
Local authorities from the beginning decided that the tank for this project had to be 35 meters above ground and 8 meters deep. But the decision to construct three reservoirs instead of one was made mainly for economic reasons and also to permit emptying by stages. A sliding formwork facilitated successive construction of all three. Each reservoir consists of a tubular stem 30 meters high, and the eight elements which support the cone-shaped water tank are each jointed at the bottom, so as to prevent differential settling movement. Each reservoir, full of water, weighs 5,000 tons. To calculate the work the lamina method was used.
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