America, picturesque and descriptive . THE N RK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOP. - ND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS ft L DRUID HILL AND FORT MHENRY. 93 sive view all around the horizon and eastward toChesapeake Bay. In this beautiful park the higher grounds are usedfor water-reservoirs. Baltimore has the advantageof receiving its supply by gravity from the Gun-powder River to the northward, where a lake hasbeen formed, the pure water being brought througha tunnel for seven miles to the reservoirs, of whichthere are eight, with a capacity of 2,275,000,000gallons, and capable of supplying 300,000,000 gal-lons daily.
America, picturesque and descriptive . THE N RK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOP. - ND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS ft L DRUID HILL AND FORT MHENRY. 93 sive view all around the horizon and eastward toChesapeake Bay. In this beautiful park the higher grounds are usedfor water-reservoirs. Baltimore has the advantageof receiving its supply by gravity from the Gun-powder River to the northward, where a lake hasbeen formed, the pure water being brought througha tunnel for seven miles to the reservoirs, of whichthere are eight, with a capacity of 2,275,000,000gallons, and capable of supplying 300,000,000 gal-lons daily. These reservoirs appear as pleasantlakes, Montebello and Roland, with Druid Lake,being the chief. Across the ravine of Joness Fallsis Baltimores chief cemetery, Greenmount, a prettyground, with gentle hills and vales. Here, in a spotselected by herself, is buried Jeromes discardedwife, Madame Patterson-Bonaparte, whose check-ered history is Baltimores chief romance. Herealso lie Junius Brutus Booth, the tragedian, and hisfamily, among
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