The survey of Western Palestine-Jerusalem . of 59 feet, when it becomes silted up and very narrow. To the north of the fallen voussoirs the aqueduct runs slightly awayfrom the Sanctuary wall, and is 3 feet 9 inches wide and about 11 feet is arched by a peculiar skew-pointed arch, with five courses, two on oneside, measuring 22 inches, and three on the other side, measuring -^i 34 feet from the north end of the pier the canal issues from a circular JERUSALEM. iSi rock-hewn cistern, 12 feet 9 inches in diameter, 14 feet high, with itsfloor 3 feet below that of the aqueduct. The
The survey of Western Palestine-Jerusalem . of 59 feet, when it becomes silted up and very narrow. To the north of the fallen voussoirs the aqueduct runs slightly awayfrom the Sanctuary wall, and is 3 feet 9 inches wide and about 11 feet is arched by a peculiar skew-pointed arch, with five courses, two on oneside, measuring 22 inches, and three on the other side, measuring -^i 34 feet from the north end of the pier the canal issues from a circular JERUSALEM. iSi rock-hewn cistern, 12 feet 9 inches in diameter, 14 feet high, with itsfloor 3 feet below that of the aqueduct. The roof is of rock, and ispierced with a shaft from the pavement above. There are also two shaftsdown from the pavement to the aqueduct, between the two rock-hewncisterns, but only one is shown on the plan. A canal 4 feet wide, cut inthe rock, and 14 feet in length, enters the cistern at the north. Atthe north end of this canal, to the east, is the entrance to a circularrock-cut cistern, of which only half can be seen, as it is cut in two by. v^i^-T- the foundation of the Sanctuary wall. To the west of this canal, andpartially over-lying the rock-cut cistern, are two rock-hewn rectangularchambers, 16 feet by 6 feet, with semicircular arches. In one is a flightof steps leading up above, cut in the rock. A base of a column hadfallen through the roof, and was lying in one of these chambers. The canal from this cistern turns to the west for a few feet, and thensharply to the north : it leaves the rock, and is continued in masonryfor 123 feet, 3 feet wide and 8 feet high, with a semicircular arch of l82 THE SURVEY OF WESTERN PALESTINE. five voussoirs. In front of Barclays Gate, and at about 14 feet from theSanctuary wall, it is replaced by a narrow passage 18 inches wide with aflat roof of flagging. It now runs off from the Sanctuary wall, and ata distance of 160 feet, near the Street of the Chain, it is cut in two by
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