Report of the Commissioners Appointed by Authority of the Mayor and City Council to Examine the Sources from which a Supply of Pure Water May be Obtained for the City of Baltimore |
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30 inch acres of land aqueduct Baltimore Bank Run Boston brick cent Chiffelle Contingencies and superintendence Cornish engine cost of raising cubic culvert distance distributing reservoir equal estimate Fairmount Water Falls line feet above mid-tide feet high feet long feet of conduit gallons daily gallons in 24 gallons of water gallons per day gaugings grade line ground varying Gunpowder river Gwynn's Falls height highest reservoir Hockley horse power infusoria Jones lake Lanvale line of conduit lineal feet lower service miles millions of gallons natural flow North East North West curb PATAPSCO RIVER pipes Powhattan proposed pumping machinery rain receiving reservoir Relay House rising main road rods of fence shafts South East curb South West stop-cocks stream streets Thence to station Total tunnel turbine valley water power wheels White's mill wine gallons yards back filling yards earth excavation yards embankment yards grubbing yards rock excavation yards stone