Public works . DEEP-WELL WORKING HEAD. PUMPING FROMA DEPTH OF 120 FEET RESERVOIR USED IN CONNECTION WITH DEEP-WELL PUMPS January 28, 192J PUBLIC WORKS. FINISHED PAVEMENT COVERED BY SUN SHADES IN FOREGROUND AND BEING SPRAYED BEYOND THESE cylinder C. H. & E. triplex is kept placed on the jobfor emergency. A total of seven miles of 2-inchline is used to supply both mixers, water beingpumped at times as far as 3]-^ miles. In the hills or on high table land it was necessaryto drill wells 120 feet deep. A steam driven C. E. working head with a 3x36 in. cylinder, dis-charged thirty gallons per mi
Public works . DEEP-WELL WORKING HEAD. PUMPING FROMA DEPTH OF 120 FEET RESERVOIR USED IN CONNECTION WITH DEEP-WELL PUMPS January 28, 192J PUBLIC WORKS. FINISHED PAVEMENT COVERED BY SUN SHADES IN FOREGROUND AND BEING SPRAYED BEYOND THESE cylinder C. H. & E. triplex is kept placed on the jobfor emergency. A total of seven miles of 2-inchline is used to supply both mixers, water beingpumped at times as far as 3]-^ miles. In the hills or on high table land it was necessaryto drill wells 120 feet deep. A steam driven C. E. working head with a 3x36 in. cylinder, dis-charged thirty gallons per minute into a 15,000 gallonreservoir or supply tank, from which it was pumpedto mixer with usual equipment. By pumping con-tinually twenty-four hours, thus having full reservoirat beginning of a days work, adequate supply wasobtained for mixer and ponding. The tanks used in storing water were made inan octagonal shape using full sheets of sheet metal16 gauge, backed up with 4x4s; that is, the 4x4swere nailed around the top of the tank, with a postat each joint, using Arco Sealit to seal the jointsof the sheet metal. A concrete floor was la
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