{"id":201048,"date":"2021-01-08T16:47:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T21:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csce.dev\/en\/?post_type=historic_site&p=201048"},"modified":"2022-07-06T11:55:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T15:55:28","slug":"robie-street-reservoir","status":"publish","type":"historic_site","link":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/historic-site\/robie-street-reservoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Robie Street Reservoir"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Robie Street Reservoir, 2018. (Source: Wikimedia.org)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Site Location: Lat.: 44\u00b0 \u2013 39\u2019 \u2013 51\u201d N.; Long.: 63\u00b0 \u2013 36\u2019 \u2013 33\u201d W. (GPS: 44.6642361, -63.6091145). Travelling south on NS-102 S in Halifax, continue straight for 1.8 km on Bayers Road to Windsor Street where Bayers Road becomes Young Street. Continue 0.55 km on Young Street, turn left (northwest) on Robie Street, and proceed 0.45 km to find the reservoir on the left (west).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Plaque Location: The plaque is mounted on the face of a large boulder just north of the reservoir.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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CSCE Rectangular plaque on boulder north of reservoir. The AWWA plaque is on the adjacent boulder, behind the tree. (Source: Google Street View)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Cross section of new dome and ring beam on top of existing wall. (Source: Halifaxbloggers.ca)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Description: The Robie Street High Service Reservoir, constructed originally in 1913, has an inner diameter of 29 m (160 ft.), a height of 7.6 m (25 ft.) and a capacity of 14.2 million litres (3.1 million gal.). The heavily reinforced walls taper from 450 mm (18 in.) at the top to 900 mm (3 ft.) at the base. The original roof was a 100 mm (4 in.) concrete slab supported on beams and 53 interior columns.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

By 1946, the roof and walls were badly deteriorated. The walls were repaired, sometimes replacing the entire wall thickness, using gunite. In accordance with a design by the Preload Company of Canada Ltd., a 75 mm (3 in.) gunite dome was placed on roof formwork, in a five-day round-the-clock operation, anchored by a new ring beam cast at the top of the wall. The ring beam was then prestressed by 350 turns of a continuous strand placed in five layers, with a layer of shotcrete between each layer. The new roof had a mass of 500 tonnes (550 tons) and the new ring beam contained 72 km (42 mi.) of prestressing strand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The 1946 roof was replaced in 1999 by the current geodesic dome aluminium roof. This intricate procedure involved controlled blasting to remove the concrete dome in conjunction with the release of the post-tensioning in the concrete ring beam.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Forming the domed roof, 1946. (Source: Halifaxbloggers.ca)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Placing shotcrete (or \u201cgunite\u201d), 1946. (Source: Halifaxbloggers.ca)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Winding the prestressing cables on the ring beam, 1946. (Source: Halifaxbloggers.ca)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Historic Significance: The Robie Street Reservoir has been an essential component of the Halifax water supply system for over a century. It was one of the few structures in the area to survive the 1917 Halifax explosion, less than 1 km away.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The 1946 replacement roof was the largest prestressed dome in the world. It was structurally efficient, requiring less than half the quantity of concrete and reinforcing steel as the original reinforced concrete roof. The creative design-build engineering solution was one of the earliest uses of prestressed concrete in Canada involving specialized construction techniques and materials.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The 1999 project is believed to be the largest dome replacement in Canada.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Plaque detail. (Source: B. Higgins)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Plaque Wording: National Historic Civil Engineering Site. CSCE. ROBIE STREET RESERVOIR. The 48 m diameter x 7.5 m deep concrete reservoir was originally build in 1913. It was one of the few structures in the area to survive the Halifax Explosion in 1917, less than 1 km away. Deterioration to the walls and roof required extensive rehabilitation in 1946. The roof was replaced using a prestressed concrete ring beam and gunite construction, and the walls were extensively repaired. At the time, the roof replacement was the largest prestressed dome in the world. The creative design-build engineering solution was one of the earliest uses of prestressed concrete in Canada involving specialized construction techniques and materials. The reservoir was designated a landmark by the American Water Works Association in 1983. The prestressed dome roof was replaced in 1999 by a lightweight aluminum geodesic dome. Roof replacement, 1946 – Design Preload Company of Canada Limited. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. 2014.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

SCGC. Site Historique National de G\u00e9nie Civil. R\u00c9SERVOIR DE ROBIE STREET. D\u2019un diam\u00e9tre de 48 m et d\u2019une profondeur de 5.5 m, le r\u00e9servoir en b\u00e9ton de Robie Street fut construit en 1913. Il fut l\u2019une des seules structures \u00e0 r\u00e9sister \u00e0 l\u2019explosion de Halifax de 1917 survenue \u00e0 moins d\u2019un km du site. En 1946, les murs du r\u00e9servoir furent compl\u00e8tement r\u00e9nov\u00e9s et le toit d\u2019origin fut remplac\u00e9 par un couronne en b\u00e9ton pr\u00e9contraint \u00e0 l\u2019aide de b\u00e9ton projet\u00e9. Le nouveau toit \u00e9tait alors le plus grand d\u00f4me en b\u00e9ton pr\u00e9contraint au monde et l\u2019une des premi\u00e8res conception et construction en b\u00e9ton pr\u00e9contraint au Canada. Des techniques et des mat\u00e9riaux sp\u00e9ciaux furent utilis\u00e9s. En 1983, le r\u00e9servoir a re\u00e7u la d\u00e9signation de monument par l\u2019 \u201cAmerican Water Works Association\u201d. En 1999, le d\u00f4me pr\u00e9contraint fut remplac\u00e9 par un d\u00f4me g\u00e9od\u00e9sique en aluminium. Preload Company of Canada Limited Remplacement du toit, 1946 \u2013 conception. 2014. La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 canadienne de g\u00e9nie civil.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Plaque Unveiling Ceremony: The plaque was unveiled on the afternoon of May 30, 2014, at a ceremony held at the Halifax Shipyard, Irving Shipbuilding Inc. Carl Yates was the Master of Ceremonies and Peter Williams, VP Operations of Irving Shipbuilding, welcomed the guests present. After remarks by Reg Andres, CSCE President, and Cal Sexsmith, Chair of the CSCE National History Committee, the plaque was unveiled by Reg Andres and Colleen Purcell, Halifax Water. The plaque was received by Colleen Purcell.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Ceremony marking the installation of the plaque on site on September 21,2017. From left: Bruce Higgins, CSCE National History Committee; Halifax Mayor Mike Savage; Carl Yates, General Manager, Halifax Water; Ray Ritcey, Chair, Halifax Water; Councillor Lisa Blackburn, Commissioner, Halifax Water; Don Mason, Commissioner, Halifax Water (Source: James Campbell, Halifax Water)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Link to Online Documentation:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Halifaxbloggers.ca, \u201cThe Robie Street High Service Reservoir\u201d.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Site Location: Lat.: 44\u00b0 \u2013 39\u2019 \u2013 51\u201d N.; Long.: 63\u00b0 \u2013 36\u2019 \u2013 33\u201d W. (GPS: 44.6642361, -63.6091145). Travelling south on NS-102 S in Halifax, continue straight for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22598,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","classification":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/historic_site\/201048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/historic_site"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/historic_site"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201048"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/historic_site\/201048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211015,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/historic_site\/201048\/revisions\/211015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"classification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/classification?post=201048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}