Chicago : Engineering and Contracting Pub. Co. · leaf 507
face. Center Passage.—A feature of this planjwhich has saved considerable piping andnumber of valves is the double conduit markeilcenter nassage on the general plan. Se[Fig. I. The water from the mixing reserve^enters the lower compartment of this passaglthrough one of four sluice gates and… … force main laid under the floor of the filtergallery in which is placed a 36-in, Venturimeter with an 18-in. throat. This arrange-ment effected quite a saving in the length ofpiping, but prevented an ideal arrangement ofthe pipe gallery. The two wash-water pumps each have acapacity of 1,000 gals,…
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