Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G Meade, Major General Winfield S Hancock, Major General John F Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . n diame-ter were made to the sanitaries and to slop hoppers located near eachreceiving tent, the operating tent, the mess tent and the kitchentent. Wooden manholes were constructd on the main sewers atjunction points and changes in grade so that the sewer could havebeen cleaned had stoppages occurred. Th
Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G Meade, Major General Winfield S Hancock, Major General John F Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . n diame-ter were made to the sanitaries and to slop hoppers located near eachreceiving tent, the operating tent, the mess tent and the kitchentent. Wooden manholes were constructd on the main sewers atjunction points and changes in grade so that the sewer could havebeen cleaned had stoppages occurred. These manholes were neces-sary inasmuch as the sewers were laid on flat grades and the waterconsumption was to be reduced to a minimum, giving an increaseddanger of stoppage. The total length of 4 inch and 6 inch sewer pipewas 945 feet. A connection was made with the borough water main in Baltimorestreet, at the intersection of Brickyard lane. The main water linewas of wrought pipe 2 inches in diameter and was laid for the mostpart in the same trench as the sewer line. At points where it wasnecessary to lay the water line in a separate trench, the line wasplaced only about 6 inches below the surface of the ground. The mainwater line extended from end to end of the camp with 1-inch diame-.
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