Chicago : Engineering and Contracting Pub. Co. · leaf 706
f pipe cost $13,473.96, or$2.70 per foot, without the excavation. Thepipe was laid under a maximum head of 75ft., the bands cost roughly about 42 cts. each,the shoes 8 cts. each. Conclusion.—The remaining portion of thework finished this year is of the usual routineof irrigation construction, and… … Fig. 12—View of 54-in. Wood Stave Siphon. Stantial type, and almost unnecessarily strong,but it is the ambition of Mr. Bosler, who isputting his own money in the work, to havethe project the strangest in the country, andthe heavy construction is the result. He hasalso opened up an experimental farm…
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