The Surveyor and municipal engineer . distant. At itsinlet there will be a tower coutaining the controlling valvesand simple screens to keep out floating matters. The aqueductgoes immediately into tniinel, li miles in length, through theFoel, and emerges on the side of the hill about 800 yardsbelow the Caban dam. At about 4J miles it crosses over theMid-Wales Railway, where that lino is in tunnel, and at5 miles under the river Wye, a little south of the small townof Rhnydder. At 10 miles it passes the village of Nantmil,and at 17 goes under the Central Wales Railway at Dolau,where it enters a
The Surveyor and municipal engineer . distant. At itsinlet there will be a tower coutaining the controlling valvesand simple screens to keep out floating matters. The aqueductgoes immediately into tniinel, li miles in length, through theFoel, and emerges on the side of the hill about 800 yardsbelow the Caban dam. At about 4J miles it crosses over theMid-Wales Railway, where that lino is in tunnel, and at5 miles under the river Wye, a little south of the small townof Rhnydder. At 10 miles it passes the village of Nantmil,and at 17 goes under the Central Wales Railway at Dolau,where it enters a tunnel -IJ miles long. At 26 miles it is just south of Knighton, that point beingat the east end of auother tunnel, 2j miles long. At 35 milesit crosses over the river Teme, south of Leintwardine ; ihenruns along Bringwood Chase to just south of Ludlow, whereit again crosses the Teme. At 52| miles it is half a mile northof Cleobury Mortimer, and at 58 miles it crosses over theriver Severn 3 miles north of Bewdley, where the pressure. FiiYDD Wood Dingle (July, ISjG). in the pipes will be about 2401b. on the square inch. At62J miles it is just north of Wolverley, and at 68 close toIlagley, reaching the intended Frankley reservoir at 73 miles54 chains. In addition to the two railways above mentioned,Ihe aqueduct crosses the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railwayat 42 miles 10 chains, the Severn Valley Railway at 58 miles5t chains, the l-lafford and Worcester Canal at 62 miles 70chains, and the Haletowen and Bromsgrove Railway at 72miles 2 eliains. In its course it also crosses the rivers Rea andStour, and the Teme a third time. There are altogether 13J miles of tunnel, 23 miles of cutand ctiver, and 374 miles of iron and steel pipes crossingvalleys under pressure; a total of 73f miles. The meaning of cut and cover is that the aqueduct islaid in ground approximately parallel to and slightly higherthan the hydraulic gradient line, so that an open trench maybe cut, the aqueduct bu
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