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STAidDARD TI-IICI°;I~?ESS OF CENTR]TUGALLY CAST IRON PIPE (CONT'D) <br />Size l~lorking PresGure St•and.ard Thic]-mess Class <br />16~~ 200 ,68 25 <br />16~~ 250 0 73 26 <br />(2) -The thicltness of mechanical joint fittings shall conform <br />to the tables on Pages 219 to 257 of the Handbook of Cast Iron Pipe. The <br />16~~ Class 250 fi tt:~ng slz--11 have a thiclcress of 0. ~9~' and the 16~' sleeve <br />shall have a tili clcness of U,, y3~' . <br />(D) -Ali. l:ipe and fittings, unJ.ess o~he:!~~Tise sho~um, or required, <br />shall have l~echa.uical type joints and shall c~nferm to the American <br />Standard Specif~ica~-ions A 21,11-1952 and all subsequent amendments there- <br />to; excepting Valves and Hydrants. <br />(E) -Gaskets shall be of rubber or other equally effective pro- <br />tection agai nst u::zeven distortion of the gasket . <br />(F) - uhe~e fittings are shown. which are not covered by the above <br />specification.:: ; their in such particulars as are lacking thereon shal]. <br />conform to the dimensions and otherwise meet -che specifications for the <br />respective type which are carried in the lates~~ revisions to the current <br />edition of the ~'ILandbook of Cast Trop Pipe~~ by the Cast Iron Pipe <br />Research Association or tr~hich are other~~rise shovrn on the Contract Draw- <br />ings. <br />(G) - irhereever changes in line and grades of the main as shown on <br />the drawings are not standard fitting deflections, the Contractor tivill be <br />permitted to s~zbmit details using combinations of standard fittings and <br />sma.lJ_ deflections (not to exceed a maximum or one half (1~2) inch joint <br />opening) in the adjoining lengths of pi e ~ Pi pe to be installed with air <br />cocl~s or drains shall be cast tnrith bosses ther_ eon, and drilled and tapped <br />for two (2) inch connections, and plugged in 'the shop t~rith cast iron <br />threaded plugs, before shipment. <br />(H) - P1.u~;s for bell and spigot pipe and caps for lugged pipe shall <br />be furnished vVith two (21 plugged two (2) inch taps for drain and air <br />cock connections. <br />(I) -Closure pieces shall be accurately measured ar~d cut in the <br />field and installed using solid type pattern sleeves as shov~m or as <br />required. <br />(J) -Shop tests, inspection, reports and anal~-sis of tests of <br />samples fc?° aJ L mai~erials shall be furnished uy the Contractor. Con- <br />tractor shall 1'•.u~n_ sh ~,ngincer with a list of inspected and rnurioered <br />pipe and fittia s ~~ <br />(K) - 13i:tu?nast•i c coating shat-1 be applied on the exteri or of all <br />cast iron pipe, fittings and. folloy+rer rings ir. accordance with Ao:t.':.A. <br />specifications . <br />(NI) - A].1 materials furnished b~ the contractor shall be delivered <br />and distributed at the site by the contractor. Cast-iron pipe, fittings, <br />- 2 <br />