. Public works . s salary andcost of repairs. The devicesprinkles a street 60 feet wide whendriven along the middle. The capacityof the tank is sufficient for the sprink-ling of 7 or 8 blocks. The machine trav-els at a speed of 10 miles per hourwhen sprinkling and 4^ to 5 whenflushing. It consists of a 1,000-gal. steeltank mounted on a 3j^-ton Kisselkarchassis and connected through a 2^ to a 2-stage centrifugal pump fas-tened on the main frame of the the discharge pipe, an outlet goesto the sprinkler heads which are lo-cated in front of the radiator and oneto a flushing nozz
. Public works . s salary andcost of repairs. The devicesprinkles a street 60 feet wide whendriven along the middle. The capacityof the tank is sufficient for the sprink-ling of 7 or 8 blocks. The machine trav-els at a speed of 10 miles per hourwhen sprinkling and 4^ to 5 whenflushing. It consists of a 1,000-gal. steeltank mounted on a 3j^-ton Kisselkarchassis and connected through a 2^ to a 2-stage centrifugal pump fas-tened on the main frame of the the discharge pipe, an outlet goesto the sprinkler heads which are lo-cated in front of the radiator and oneto a flushing nozzle located on eitherside of the truck just back of the front wlicels. This construction enables theoperator to see just what he is doingat all times so that the troubles ofwetting pedestrians and are done away with. tank is fitted with standard connec-tions for attaching standard fire Iiosecan be filled in twopressure the tankto hydrants, and with ordinary cityminutes at anv hvdrant. The tank is. KISSELKAR COMBINATION FLUSHER AND SPRINKLER.
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