Chicago : Engineering and Contracting Pub. Co. · leaf 506
n-take is 5.5 ft. below extreme low water. A4-ft. concrete conduit with its bottom at thesame level as that of the intake extends forabout 500 ft. to the pumping station. Pumping Station.—The pumping station islocated centrally and adjacent to the filtergallery. The centrifugal pumps, which are… … [ng %ontg 492 ENGINEERING & CONTRACTING Vol. XXXVI. No. 1 in the river, which insures their being alwaysprimed. There are three raw-water pumps,each capable of lifting 8 million gallons a dayagainst a head of 30 ft. There are two small-er raw-water pumps each of a capacity of 4million gallons a…
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