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Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...equipment when repairs are to be made, one of the spare reels being fully equipped so that it can be pressed into service at any time. There are 125 hydrants in service in the Works, 41 of these having hose houses over them, in each of which is installed 200 feet of 2-in. hose (100 ft. connected to the hydrant and 100 ft. in reserve), two play pipes, one pipe holder, one axe, two spanners, and hydrant wrenches. There are almost 14 miles of fire hose in service, disposed of as follows: 5000 ft. of 2%-in. hose carried on fire apparatus; 8200 ft. of 2-in. hose in hydrant hose houses; and 57,950 ft. on fire plugs in the buildings. The pressure on the water system is maintained by both gravity and pumps. In the main pumping station (Buildings 13 and 13A) are installed one Snow pump of 6,000,000 gallons capacity daily, one Drane pump of 3,000,000 gallons, and two Worthington fire pumps of 2,160,000 gallons. In Building 61 there are two Worthington fire pumps of 4,320,000 gallons capacity, and in Building 118 one Alberger pump of 7,000,000 gallons capacity, making a total daily pumping capacity of 22,480,000 gallons. The tank on the hill in Bellevue at the back of the Works contains 1,036,000 gallons of water. The water for the system is taken from the Mohawk River and the old Erie Canal and is distributed through 14J/2 miles of yard mains. The mains are interconnected and arranged in such a way that a rupture at any point in the system can be quickly isolated by valves and will affect only a very small part of the system. Additional protection is afforded by connection to the city water system, which will enable city water to be utilized in the event of a breakdown of the whole of the Company''s pumping plant. The average daily consumption for...
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