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U.S. STEEL DUQUESNE WORKS<br />

HAER No. PA-115<br />

(Page 236)<br />

The one story, 18"-6" wide x 58'-6" long concrete block<br />

process pump building is laid out on a north-south axis and<br />

located just east of the filter feed tanks. Built from a<br />

concrete foundation by the American Bridge Company, the building<br />

has a flat roof. The filter feed pumps, which are located in the<br />

northern end of the building, deliver the partially cleaned waste<br />

water to one of six pressure filters located in the process<br />

building.<br />

The two story, 4 6' wide x 177' long, corrugated metal,<br />

process building is located just east of the process pump<br />

building. Built on a concrete foundation by the American Bridge<br />

Company, the steel-framed building has two ventilation hoods<br />

protruding out of its roof. The building 1 s gable roof is<br />

supported by Fink trusses. The 12' diameter x 25 f high pressure<br />

filters are located in two rows of three filters each in the mid-<br />

western end of the building. They protrude through the second<br />

floor of the building and consist of three layers of filtration<br />

media composed (from top to bottom) of anthracite coal, sand, and<br />

gravel. The partially cleaned waste water was pumped to the top<br />

of the filters where it flowed downward before being directed to<br />

the cooling tower. The filters were periodically cleaned by<br />

backwashing or reversing the flow of the water through them and<br />

by blowing air from two blowers located in the first floor of the<br />

process building into the filters at the same time in order to<br />

enhance the scouring action. Spent backwash water was<br />

subseguently directed by gravity to the spent backwash tank.<br />

The spent backwash tank is located next to, and just south<br />

of the filter feed tank. Constructed by the Chicago Bridge and<br />

Iron Company, the 25' diameter x 18' high, open-top circular<br />

steel tank is equipped with a turbine mixer in order to keep the<br />

solids within the backwash water suspended. Two 150 gpm capacity<br />

Wilson-Snyder centrifugal spent backwash water pumps, located in<br />

the southern end of the process pump house, pumped the backwash<br />

to the thickener.<br />

Installation date: 1981<br />

3. Cooling Towerf Cold Well, and Cold Well Pumps: The<br />

approximately 30• long x 10' wide x 15' high Bac-Pritchard<br />

cooling tower is laid out on an east-west axis and located just<br />

north of the clarifier. It is a mechanical draft, wood (Douglas<br />

fir) filled tower with three individual cells. The tower works<br />

by accepting the normal discharge from the pressure filters<br />

through distribution nozzles at the top of each cell. The water<br />

flows downward through the fill material to a 300,000 gallon<br />

concrete cold well basin located beneath the tower. Draft air<br />

was drawn through the tower by fans located at the top of each<br />

cell. The cooling tower reduced the water temperature from 105

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