Report on the Water Supply for the Village of New Brighton, Staten Island (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Report on the Water Supply for the Village of New Brighton, Staten IslandSixth. - Holly needs heavy, expensive foundations Worthington and Knowles' slight, by comparison.Seventh - Holly cannot possibly send a higher and larger stream from a hose than can be sent by means of the gravity system, and as every pipe and all house ser vice is necessarily adapted to the greatest pressure, the service must be constructed alike. Hence, the constant, even pressure from the reservoir must be preferable for instant use in case of fire, and at such times easier to the service pipes than the waves of pressure delivered from the piston pumps.Eighth. - The opinion of the Chief Engineers of various cities, and our rural area, will prevent us from selling the fire engines, and thus saving capital and cost by any system.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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