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Identifier: surveyormunicipa45lond (find matches)
Title: The Surveyor and municipal engineer
Year: 1892 (1890s)
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Subjects: Municipal engineering Engineering Great Britain
Publisher: London, Temple Press (etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
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emand. This has been necessitated hy the growth of that part of the city since it was included. The Mil ford reservoir is close to the mam servicereservoir, and used to he supplied from a separatewell, the pumps being driven hy an ancient gasengine. When the water tower was erected near, andthe rising main extended to supply it. the authortook the opportunity of laying a branch main to thereservoir, as shown on Fig. 4. and dispensing withthe separate pumping station. Ma\ 22, 1914. AND COUNTY ENGINEER. 833 A watei tower, shown in Fig. -1, was erected fiveyears ago to supply part of the added area known asBishops Down. The land is the property of theEcclesiastical Commissioners, and by agreement theyeroded the tower and tank, the corporation extending covered iron tank holding 5,000 gallons. The tankis built of Mather & Piatt- east-iron standard plates.The engineers for the work, on behalf of the commis-sioners, weir Messrs. Lemon & Blizard; the authoracting for the corporation.
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Fig. 1. li \\ ob hie Cm ob Balis: tin- rising main and laying the tuve -;»>> di.-tril>utingmains. The entire responsibility for the upkeep ofthe structure will shortly devolve upon the corpora-tion. The tower is built of brick in cement, with a As the engines were called upon to lift the wateran additional height of 56 ft., a 9-in. rising main waslaid so as to reduce the friction head to a minimum.and a l-in. by-pas.-, with indicating and locking 834 THE SURVEYOR AND MUNICIPAL M \i 22, 1914. valve, shown in Fig. -», was provided. This valve is-, t, so that only half of the water pumped is sentmi to the tower when the main valve A is closed,thus avoiding unnecessary strain upon the engines.The tank now fills in ten minutes. It will be seenfrom Fig. -1 that a short length of main connects thetower supply with the distributing main from theMilford reservoir, so thai by opening the valve B andclosing ili« outlet valve from the reservoir, a muchhigher pressure can be obtained i

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