The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 213
water may be conductedunder the surface by large cast iron pipes, with openings at such dis-tances as may seem advisable for introducing the suction pipes, fig. 1.This plan should not be adopted, where the level of the water ismore than 12 feet below the surface of the ground, as although a… … Fig. 1.—Opening for SucUon pipe. The worst mode of supplying engines with water, is by coveredsunk tanks; they are generally too small, and unless very numerous,confine the engines to one or two particular spots, obliging the fire-men to increase the length of the hose, which materially…
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