American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-11-30
NEW BOROUGH WATER WORKS.


nost If the details we are indebted to the po
Si,,euess or JONAS P. FAIRLAMB Esq Civil Enei-
,,eer. whose professional services were engaged by
Ithc Corporation, in this important work and It
alds US pleasure to state that the result Of trial
Iof the machinery has proved the accuracy OF ms
4, alculations, and borne honorable testimony to his
talents as an engineer.
q Year after year, for long tiiac, itness, or at
%hes only partially successful, experiments were
Amale to farnish the town with water until the
#crowth Of lie place and the increase Of the popu-
8hton. i,npeliousIy demanded some attempt to &C.
3comnIi., so necessary and desirable an object. that
8wouI afford more certain prospect Of success
#tban any that had been undertaken. Such an at
#tempt. tie present corporation, after mature de
liberation on the important step they we're about
H+o al - and after having consulted tie wishcs Of
|the eiti2ens and obtained the consent q a large
malorty of item, resolved to make; and we &c.
oce to lie ALE to say that the issue OF the expert
mept has been completely successful, and such a.
to place The Bor,'ish oi Wilmington, rs trcspects
/ supply d water, On equal footing Will any town
E in The { nlted States.
1t lad been generally admitted that The best, y
q not tie onY, mcthod Of accomplishing the object
Of which We arc speaking, would be 70 procure
mill on the l,randywine. or erect steam engine
Oh that creek, aud force the water into the borough
8The former plan was adopted, and on the 18th Of
June last, the Cooperation purchased from John
SCumnins, Esq, for the sum OF S2S,oOo. his large
and substantial mill situated on the south side Of
II the aforesaid stream and within the limits OF the
| Mt, r. IuI FIJI fhav n sn
r,rcha,ea from Sally N. Dickinson, for $1,000.
&tae spacious lot on which the basins arc erected.
Fronting on Market. Chestnut ami King streets, be-
mo the summit Of the town. The undertaking
4 ra, immediately commenced, and in about four
4 months was so far completed as TO be put in ope-
M ration: nothing ia fact remaining to be done, but
81 what i to give more finished and ornamental APP
pearance To The work.
Tie double forcing pump at the mill, was aale
anil erected Nv Slr. Prosper Martin OF Phi!adel-
y Mia. Although not exactly Of the same construc
tcn. il operates on the same principle, as Mr..
tiraai', pump at tie Fair Mount Water Works IN
9 that CITY. A handsome stone building has been
erected over the water wheel at the sill, enclosing
a also the pump. The same water which turns the
wheel is pumped into the basins fhe wheel - an
ayershot Ia it. il. diameter; having an 8 inch
shroutl,ng with 10 buckets, f. in long IN the
n clear containing each g cubic feet of water when
II jnN The hea, Of water is liable 10 vary from 2
- j feet: but the latter is the head during the
principal par. Of tie year. The gate Is It. 10
tci,cs long. The pump is worked by the water
sheel Of the mill, and was first put into operation
ii Tie night Of the 18TH inst, with teet stroke
u l1d IN Is minutes the water reached tire basln.--
The length Of pipe from tie pump to the west ba-
sin IS 2l20 feet am. the ascent from the surface OF
the water At tie basin at B:andywine IN which the
suctions Of the pump arc placed, to the b"ttom OF
she west basin in Wilmington, is 90 feet. The
nine is Of iron, inches diameter in the clear, and
Ne quantity Of water contained i'll il from the mil
. The BASIN Is $3.50 gallons. The pipe, in that
distance, necessarily runs in four 'lrecuons' '"aS
ing three right angles, nearly; at each OF When
circular pipe is placed, which also answers Tor
distributing pipe. Fire plugs are erected AZ sata
n ii. places on the whole line Of ascent. There arr
"a twobasns, and the pipes in them are 50 construct
"a Cd as that they may both be thrown into one, OF
n Tie communication between them entirely closed
ri faus rendering each independent OF the other
n Eiber BASIN, by the benefit of the wash plpe cal
Il be drained perfectly dry while the other IS tui ant
H supplying the town. Both basins, when full, con
n tain one million gallons, wine measure; or ter
'.uasanl hossheads Of roo gallons each. a4l
gallons per minute or 4s9,G00 gallons per day
can 6e thrown INTO the basin, the pump being drlv
En- Wit. tac same quantity Of water usually telulr
81 70 drive the merchant mill
Wehaye deemed it not improper. before conclu
ling TINS article, TO give the names OF the presen