Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 65
s at short intervals of time,both from foulness and stoppage, it is desirable toconstruct a small, tight cess-pool near that part of thehouse in which the wash-trays or sink are situated—say three feet in diameter and twelve feet from themain wall, with a trap and overflow into the maindrain,… … VILLAS AND COTTAGES. 61 stick and old cloth. It must also have a cover-stoneat the top, and it is well to forma connection with a rain-water orother pipe for ventilation. Bythis arrangement the greasy wa-ter passes into the straight pipe,and thence into this small cess-pool, in which the greasy…
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