Mechanical tests of pumps and pumping plants used for irrigation and drainage in Louisiana in 1905 and 1906. (1907)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations · Washington : Govt. Print. Office · leaf 44
re outfit. Ordinarily wood is used as fuel. An engine havinga cylinder 16 inches in diameter and stroke of 24 inches is used todrive the wheel. It is of the simple noncondensing slide-valve type.The plant is looked after and operated by an unskilled laborerand it never gives trouble. When a rain… … Fig. -Drainage wheel, near New Orleans. Care was exercised to so design thisnot be lifted unnecessarily. The backwwheel when at rest is prevented by thedrawing. The results are very satisfactory, asengine, transmission gears, and pumpper cent, and in two cases considerablyactual lift of the pump…
