. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. Fig. 3.—Fire-plug with by J inch round iron frames, a double stay is hinged on the top frame at each end. When the cistern is used, the toj) frame is lifted up, and the stays put into the notches, in two pieces of hoop iron, fixed to the bottom frame. There is a circular opening 9 inches diameter in the canvas bottom, two circular rings of wash-leather about 2 inches broad are attached to tlie edges of tiie opening in the canvas, so as to con- tract it to 4 inches or 5 inches
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. Fig. 3.—Fire-plug with by J inch round iron frames, a double stay is hinged on the top frame at each end. When the cistern is used, the toj) frame is lifted up, and the stays put into the notches, in two pieces of hoop iron, fixed to the bottom frame. There is a circular opening 9 inches diameter in the canvas bottom, two circular rings of wash-leather about 2 inches broad are attached to tlie edges of tiie opening in the canvas, so as to con- tract it to 4 inches or 5 inches diameter; the plug being opened, the cistern is placed over it, the wash-leather is pressed down to the sur- face of the road by the water, and a tolerably water-tight cistern, with about 12 inches or 11 inches of water in it, is immediately obtained. Fig. 4 is a plug with a standcock in it, to which hose maybe Fig. 4.—Plug, ivlth Slandcock. Fig. 5 is a common single firecock with a round water-way 2J inches diameter. * Tile canvas dam is the Invention of Mr. Ilradlcy, for whlcb b 'wM aWBrded by the Society of Am with a silver medal,—Ed, C.,E, f( A, Journal,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London : [William Laxton]
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