the capacity of the tank is ize what this means ? The boiler has resting upon it 104,000 gallons. The tank is supported by four columns, the equivalent of a column of granite 10 feet square, each composed of two 15 inch channels, with horizontal and 254'5 feet high, only 50 feet less than the… … expended in imparting momentum to a AN IRON WATER TOWER. cannon ball weighing one ton and hurled vertically. It would rise 30 miles. Contrast the pressure at which boilers are usually worked 40 feet square at the foundation. The cornice is of with those exerted by great winds. A hurricane…
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