. American engineer and railroad journal . INLET TOWER, VVRNVVY WATER UOKKS. a steel tank 82 fi. in diameter and having the form of aninverted dome. The tower carries on its summit a heavyring of cast-iron set in cement ; upon this is a completering of turned steel rollers, 12 in. in diameter, and uponthese rollers the steel flange of the tank rests. This tower is of a striking design, as is shown in theaccompanying THE NORTON TOWER. VYRNWY WATER WOFfKS. From the Norton Tower the last section extends miles to the Prescot Reservoir, which is the dis-tributmg reservoir f
. American engineer and railroad journal . INLET TOWER, VVRNVVY WATER UOKKS. a steel tank 82 fi. in diameter and having the form of aninverted dome. The tower carries on its summit a heavyring of cast-iron set in cement ; upon this is a completering of turned steel rollers, 12 in. in diameter, and uponthese rollers the steel flange of the tank rests. This tower is of a striking design, as is shown in theaccompanying THE NORTON TOWER. VYRNWY WATER WOFfKS. From the Norton Tower the last section extends miles to the Prescot Reservoir, which is the dis-tributmg reservoir for the city system. On this section isthe most costly and troublesome work on the line, thetunnel by which the pipes are carried under the RiverMersey. This tunnel was driven from two shafts and wasbuilt on the Greathead system ; the south shaft is and the north shaft 52 75 ft. The tunnel itself is 805ft. long, 9 ft. inside and 10 ft. outside diameter ; it carriesat present a single line of pipe, but is all ready to receivea second line when needed. The drainage and wastewater of the tunnel is collected in a well, whence it is re-moved by pumps. It may be added that the designing and construction ofthe works has been under charge of Mr. G. F. Deacon,who has conducted them from the beginning. The costis given at $10,500,000, which seems very moderate in-deed. THE NICARAGUA CANAL. In a lecture recently delivered
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