. Historical collections of Georgia : containing the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc. relating to its history and antiquities, from its first settlement to the present time ; compiled from original records and official documents ; illustrated by nearly one hundred engravings of public buildings, relics of antiquity, historic localities, natural scenery, portraits of distinguished men, etc., etc. / by the Rev. George White. arka-ble purity—inasmuch as it contains no soluble impurities, the sourcesof the river being in regions of a primitive formation. T
. Historical collections of Georgia : containing the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc. relating to its history and antiquities, from its first settlement to the present time ; compiled from original records and official documents ; illustrated by nearly one hundred engravings of public buildings, relics of antiquity, historic localities, natural scenery, portraits of distinguished men, etc., etc. / by the Rev. George White. arka-ble purity—inasmuch as it contains no soluble impurities, the sourcesof the river being in regions of a primitive formation. The water is taken from the river above the city, and received intoa reservoir located on the low lands west of the Ogeechee Canal. Inorder to free the water from the earthy matter it holds in suspension,this reservoir is divided into four compartments, rendered distinctfrom each other by partitions faced with masonry. Into any or all ofthese compartments, or basins, the water is admitted by means of irongateways; the contents of one basin, therefore, can be used whilethe process of sedimentation is going on undisturbed in the one of these basins is made to communicate, by means of cul-verts of masonry and iron gateways, with a chamber, or pump-well,of masonry, situated underneath a building which contains the boilersand engines of the pumping apparatus, by means of which the wateris forced into the city. 304 HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF The plateau upon which the city of Savannah is built has an alti-tude of about forty feet above the river. Upon this elevation isbuilt the Distributing- Reservoir, having a height of about eighty feetabove the general grade of the streets. This structure, a repre-sentation of which is annexed, consists of a circular tower ofsubstantial masonry, upon which is placed the reservoir, of this reservoir, having an elevation sufficient for all purposes,the water is distributed throughout the city in the usual manner, byme
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