Annual ReportWright & Potter Printing Company, 1906 |
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Page 162 - The latter consists of a specially designed engine of the vertical cross-compound type, having between the cylinders a centrifugal pump rotating on a horizontal axis. Contract capacity of the two original pumps: 4,500,000 gallons each, with 13-foot lift.
Page 161 - Charlestown Pumping Station. At this station are three submerged centrifugal pumps, two of them having impeller wheels 7.5 feet in diameter, the other 8.25 feet in diameter. They are driven by triple-expansion engines of the Reynolds-Corliss type. Contract capacity of 1 pump: 60,000,000 gallons with 8-foot lift. Contract capacity of 2 pumps: 22,000,000 gallons each, with 11-foot lift. Average duty for...
Page 145 - ... a long series of tables relating to the maintenance of the Metropolitan Water Works, tables showing the length of main pipes and number of service pipes, meters and fire hydrants in the Metropolitan Water District, and a summary of statistics for 1901.
Page 45 - Works, a complete schedule of which is kept on file in the office of the Board : — Office furniture, fixtures and supplies; engineering and scientific instruments and supplies...
Page 1 - To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled.
Page 220 - Previous to the year 1904 colors were determined by the Nessler standard, but the corresponding values by the platinum standard are also given, for the purpose of comparison with colors determined in the laboratory of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, as given in subsequent tables. The odor recorded is taken in such a way that it is a much stronger odor than would be noticed in samples drawn directly from a tap or collected directly from a reservoir. The more important samples are collected...
Page 57 - The annual appropriations for the maintenance of the Metropolitan Sewerage "Works, the receipts of the Board which are added to the appropriations for maintenance, and the expenditures for maintenance for the year ending December 31, 1904, have been as follows : — North Metropolitan System.
Page 160 - At this station are four submerged centrifugal pumps with impellers or wheels 8.25 feet in diameter, driven by triple-expansion engines of the Reynolds-Corliss type. Contract capacity of 1 pump: 100,000,000 gallons, with 19-foot lift. Contract capacity of 3 pumps: 45,000,000 gallons each, with 19-foot lift. Average duty for the year: 52,600,000 foot-pounds.
Page 147 - METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICTS. AREAS AND POPULATIONS. During the year no changes have been made in the extent of the sewerage districts. The area of the North Metropolitan District remains at 90.50 square miles, and of the South Metropolitan District at 100.87 square miles, — a total, inclusive of water surfaces, of 191.37 square miles. These districts include the whole or parts of 25 cities and towns, as set forth in the following table. The populations in the table are based on the census of...
Page 165 - In the following tables the total cost of pumping and the rate per million foot-gallons at each of the five pumping stations are shown in detail : — Average Cost per Million Foot-gallons for Pumping at the Deer Island Station. Volume (23,782.3 Million Gallons) x Ltft (11.47 Feet) = 272,783 Million Foot-gallons.