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RAWALPINDI WEST PAKISTAN FABRICS GONE to Mangla Dam Three Fabridams manufactur ed by the Firestone Coated Fab rics Company are working flow control of the Jhelum River through the Mangla Dam Proj ect during construction in West Pakistan. The Fabridams — mammoth Waterfilled balloons, made of •Material similar to that in the sidewall of an auto tire — are “Manufactured at Firestone’s plant at Magnolia, Ark. The variable-height F a b r i - ^ams in operation are filled and emptied as needed to act as sub- “Merged dams to control the wa ter level during building of the “Main dam structure. FABRIDAM installations were Put into service recently when the waters of the Jhelum River Were diverted through tunnels, into a stilling basin, and across the Fabridams back into the river below the main dam con struction site. Each unit is about 225 feet long at its base eleva tion and 10 feet high when fully billed. When emptied, the flexi ble fabric dams lie flat against ^he foundation surface. Flatten ed to less than an inch thick, ^hey offer no obstruction to high Water flows. While joined for automatic de flation, each of the three Fire stone Fabridams can be inde pendently operated for the most flow control. The Mangla Fabridam system will be in operation for some two years, after which it will be removed, modified and relocat ed. This will be at only a slight ly added expense to provide permanent water-control func tions in a different irrigation or flood-control project. COMPLETED, the Mangla Project will be one of the larg est earthfilled dams in the world. The reservoir, being built for The West Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority, will be 370 feet at its highest point and will reach nearly two miles across the river bed. The reservoir created will cover an area of about 100 square miles submerging almost 64,000 acres of land. Besides furnishing the Fabri dams, Firestone supplied most of the tires for original heavy-duty earthmoving equipment — grad ers, scrapers, bottom dump wa gons and other vehicles. Dur ing construction, Firestone is supplying new replacement and retreaded tires for the project through the prime contractor, £ L' y. Trammell listing (syji) W. E. Deanhardl Mech. Service D. H. Helms Carding Johnnie Wood Spinning Bolding Hurley W. Brooks Trenlon Ginn Reid A. Deal 'laliiy Conlrol Spinning Twisting (syn) Spinning 25 and 30 Years York Fred E. Deal '®Paration Oliver Taylor Twisting (syn) Spinning Service Anniversaries h e company’s Los An- plant awarded F i r e - ^ 20,000th service watch 20-year employee records out the same time that ^^estone in Gastonia was . ^senting its 603rd watch in o^ember for 20 years work. l^^^ides this service milestone month in Gastonia there ^dded to the growing roster onored long-timers 9 30-year 2 for 25 years; also 5 ^i.^^ds for 10 and 15-year ^evements. The Guy F. Atkinson Co. of San Francisco. When the Indus Basin project is done, it will include three large dams, two reservoirs and extensive canals with total size of more than seven times that of the St. Lawrence Seaway de velopment. The project will provide sub stantial irrigation development in Pakistan and India in addi- FLOW CONTROL—Three gi gantic Fabridams by Firestone control water flow at the Man gla Dam Project in West Paki stan. Each unit is about 225 feet long at its base elevation. tion to developing a further hy dro-electric potential. It will also provide soil reclamation and drainage for Pakistan as well as flood control in Pakistan and India. December, 1965 Page 3 The CLEARING HOUSE o Twenty Years • J. P. Hart Jr., James M. Smith Jr., Andrew Craig and William Sanders, all twisting (synthetics). Fifteen Years • Clifford R. Stuman, mechanical service. Ten Years • Cecil Head, twisting (synthetics), Marvin W. McCur- ry, weaving (synthetics), Grace A. Spencer, quality control, Ro bert Froneberger, industrial re lations (plant I protection). Trammell and Deanhardt: 25 years; others 30 years. Good Posture Helps Avoid The Strains Roland Huss, shop (elevator operator), wants to exchange in formation on botanicals—herbs, roots, barks, berries, flowers, etc. Too, he wants to add to his col lection of household hints and witty sayings; would also like an old-time buggy whip. Some body have one? Do you have a recipe for a “really good” Italian-style spa ghetti dish? Brenda Taylor of methods-time study would like to have a copy. Brenda collects letterhead stationery from all over. Have any to share with her? Anyone know where an old- fashioned stereo view outfit can be obtained? It’s the kind Grandpa had to look at double view postcards in the parlor. If you know where one can be obtained, tell the industrial re lations office. December . AMERICANA The great English author Charles Dickens will always be associated with the world’s keeping of Christmas because of his classic story “A Christmas Carol.” But it is not generally known that the only likeness of Dickens in the form of a statue is a priz ed piece of our American heri tage. The great writer, in bronze, sits in Fairmount Park, Phila delphia. On his knee and listen ing as Dickens reads from a book is Little Nell, one of his renowned story characters. Why but the one statue? Charles Dickens’ family follow ing his death requested that no memorial likenesses be placed in his memory. The request was honored in England and no statues were erected there or anywhere else for many years. Then a group of interested people in the United States had the sculpture created and plac ed in Philadelphia—all unaware of the Dickens’ family request of many years before. SAFETY IN MOTION By J. A. Akerstrom Firestone Physical Therapist Fourth in a series on "Safety in Motion and Posture." This one has to do with avoiding strains of neck and back due to improper posture. Strain from bad posture is a common cause of muscle fatigue and pain of the neck and back. Posture strain comes on gradually with development of poor-posture habits. It results fi'om repeated poor positioning of joints which causes stress on joints, ligaments and muscles. This strain is frequently preventable or correctable by simply developing habits of good posture. Normally, from a sideview, the human spine is a curved structure, as you see in the first drawing. Strain of neck and back result when a person over and over again assumes a posture or body position which either increases or tends to flatten (decrease) these natural curves. Natural Curves of the Spine—Viewed from the side, the spine looks something like this: Neck curves slightly forward; upper back curves slight ly backward. The low back curves slightly forward. Variations in the Natural Curves—As the spine must move freely to allow free movement of the upper part of the body, the natural curves sometimes increase or decrease in curvature. It is only when the increasing or decreasing of these curves becomes a habit that posture strain results. SOME BAD POSTURE HABITS • Old Military Posture Authorities on posture have long known that the “very straight” posture is actually bad, for reasons given here (Observe changes in natural curves). The neck curve decreases; upper back curve decreases; low-back curve greatly decreases. Slumped Posture • Slumping in a chair which gives little sup port to the low back, sitting tilted back in a swivel chair, or stand ing in a slumped position, affects mostly the neck and upper-back curves, as seen here: The neck curve decreases; upper-back curve increases. When not supported in the sitting position, the low back is under strain. "Tilted" Posture • To prevent the body from slumping as just described, or from leaning forward as when wearing very high heels, there is a tendency to do two things—increase the low-back curve and tilt the head back, increasing the neck curve. High heels cause the body to lean forward. Attempts to prevent for ward lean of body lead to tilting head back, increas ing neck curve. Low - back curve is increased. Bad posture is frequently prevented or corrected by assuming good posture and developing habits of good posture. Changing body positions also helps in many situations.
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