Neillsville Standpipe

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Neillsville Standpipe
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Neillsville Standpipe
Location325 E. 4th St.
Neillsville, Wisconsin
Built1926
ArchitectTierweiller Brothers/Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co.
NRHP reference # 13000711
Added to NRHPSeptember 9, 2013

The Neillsville Standpipe is located in Neillsville, Wisconsin. [1]

Neillsville, Wisconsin City in Wisconsin, United States

Neillsville is a city in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 2,463 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat.

History

The standpipe is located at the highest point in Neillsville and consists of a steel water tank made by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. encased in a 95-foot (29 m) slip-form concrete tower built by Tierweiler Bros. of Marshfield. [2] It was added to the State Register of Historic Places in 2012 and to the National Register of Historic Places the following year. [3]

Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co.

The Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company, and often referred to as Pitt-Des Moines Steel or PDM was an American steel fabrication company. It operated from 1892 until approximately 2002 when its assets were sold to other companies, including Chicago Bridge & Iron Company. The company began as a builder of steel water tanks and bridges. It also later fabricated the "forked" columns for the World Trade Center in the 1960s, and was the steel fabricator and erector for the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. A number of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Slip forming

Slip forming, continuous poured, continuously formed, or slipform construction is a construction method in which concrete is poured into a continuously moving form. Slip forming is used for tall structures, as well as horizontal structures, such as roadways. Slipforming enables continuous, non-interrupted, cast-in-place "flawless" concrete structures which have superior performance characteristics to piecewise construction using discrete form elements. Slip forming relies on the quick-setting properties of concrete, and requires a balance between quick-setting capacity and workability. Concrete needs to be workable enough to be placed into the form and consolidated, yet quick-setting enough to emerge from the form with strength. This strength is needed because the freshly set concrete must not only permit the form to "slip" by the concrete without disturbing it, but also support the pressure of the new concrete as well as resist collapse caused by the vibration of the compaction machinery.

Marshfield, Wisconsin City in Wisconsin, United States

Marshfield is a city in Wood County and Marathon County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 10, Highway 13 and Highway 97. The largest city in Wood County, its population was 19,118 at the 2010 census. Of this, 18,218 were in Wood County, and 900 were in Marathon County. The city is part of the United States Census Bureau's Marshfield-Wisconsin Rapids Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Wood County. The portion of the city in Marathon County is part of the Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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References

  1. "Neillsville Standpipe". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  2. Lacey, Patricia. "Neillsville Standpipe" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  3. "325 East 4th Street". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-14.