Engineering and Contracting . losed in a steel shell 5 ft. in diameter,6 ft. 8 in. high over all. Hand-operated rakes are pro-vided for agitation. The liquid chlorine apparatus is themanufacturers type D. The alum solution tank is ofwood, 2 ft. 6 in. in diameter and 2 ft. 6 in. high. Theorifice boxes are of the usual type, of enameled iron 10.\25x8 in. An electrically driven pump furnishes 200 water per minute. The contract specifies a rate of 2gal. per minute per square foot of filter area or 116,000gal. per day. The gravity filter at the womens gymnasium consistsof a single concrete f
Engineering and Contracting . losed in a steel shell 5 ft. in diameter,6 ft. 8 in. high over all. Hand-operated rakes are pro-vided for agitation. The liquid chlorine apparatus is themanufacturers type D. The alum solution tank is ofwood, 2 ft. 6 in. in diameter and 2 ft. 6 in. high. Theorifice boxes are of the usual type, of enameled iron 10.\25x8 in. An electrically driven pump furnishes 200 water per minute. The contract specifies a rate of 2gal. per minute per square foot of filter area or 116,000gal. per day. The gravity filter at the womens gymnasium consistsof a single concrete filter tank 6x8 ft., G ft. 9 in. deep. Thefilter bed is 10 in. of gravel and 2 ft. 6 in. of sand. Theoverflow of filter is set 5 ft. 32 in. from the floor. Abaffled sedimentation basin 6x10 ft., 6 ft. 9 in. adjoins thefilter. The alum and chlorine apparatus are as abovedescribed for the pressure filters. The gravity filter,operating at a rate of 2 gal. per minute per square footof filter area, will filter 138,240 gal. per F13. —Fiiters at the VScn^. Pcci; Alum Tank in ; Settling Basir; Filter Next to Wall. Fig. 2—Pressure Filters at theMens Pool; Chlorine Apparatus on Wall to Left. Fig. 3^The Womens Pool: View Looking Toward the Shallow End. Fig. .1—TheMens Pool: Note the Clearness of the Bottom. Although it is Under 8 Ft. of Water: This Water Has Been in Use for Nearly FourMonths. 4 ft. to 8 ft. in depth. It has a capacity of 89,100 womens pool is 60x24 ft. and from ft. to depth. The mens pool reaches its maximum depth at40 ft. from the shallow end of the pool, while the womenspool does not reach maximum depth until 55 ft. fromthe shallow end. In the latter pool there is a drop ofonly ft. in the first 30 ft. The capacity of this poolis 61,200 gal. Both pools are constructed of concrete faced withwhite enameled brick. Green enameled brick form di-vision lines. An overflow trough, moulded to form ahandrail, forms the edging of
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