The country house; a practical manual of the planning and construction of the American country home and its surroundings (1905)
Hooper, Charles Edward, 1867- · New York : Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 269
should be located and conditions studied before the drains are dug, otherwise muchlabour may be wasted. Its principle is that the sources should be intercepted intheir passage to the gathering place and carried off out of the way. Frequentlythe growth of alders, willows and the like indicates the… … A tank at West Hampton Beach, Long Island, that harmonises with the other buildings.Many tanks are ugly and out of place. This one belongs. It supplies both house andfarm with water. Frank E. Wallis, architect composite type (see Fig. 45). It frequently happens that the source of excessivemoisture…
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