Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-04-11

From the Quaker city.

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,ir Of tho citi,ors If pbiIalc,rbo IA tbo subcc, NJ
vo,orir, tho civ from ,o,,c source bcsilcs vclls
and ci.tcrrs Ito rrgol that tbo s,rc,d If cont,.
y;ou, Diseases demanded n moro corious sunn,v If
water. and that. A, the ground became covered with
buildings and poyemcnts. causin. the surface water
to be carried away by drains and the sprinrs
by which wells were f, must be,o,,c worse and in
time unfit for use. He recommended therefore that
the water Of the Wis.,hiccon Crecl; be raised by
dam and brought to the CITY bv mines.
M ocii,, ,,lcr,,r,, 1,r,,tiio,. SUGGESTIONS
made in l7a}. until some four wears later. when the
civ Coup,iI. wore pctitionci that s,me means
sbouId he tnkcn 10 accouipli,h tho object Accord
ingly information was sought as to SUNNY. means
orexccrtiou and eypcus. and several ,,ncu,cs wore
submitted for ADOPTION.
In lTls it wa, determined tn misc .rr,lv from
the skuvil,in by means Of runps. For hi. pur
pose BASIN provided with tiic-gucs was cycnvntcd
in the east bank Of the river at the foot Of Chestnut
street, and tho water taken thence by canal AMI
tunnel cut in rock. to well distant some six hum
drcl feet from The river nai about fo-:y feet deep.
pump placed at low water in TIL. shaft, raised the
water t. brick culycrt, which conveyed il to an
other engine az The Centre square, now rcnu square,
Here il was pumped into wooden tanks fifty feet
nloye the bottom # the calvert ,rrlfn, from the
-chuylhin cnsin,-hou,c. The engines IT, both these
buildings are sljl to have been very defective the
beans Gy-yyhccs shafts and arms call.water
pumps aud tanks, jcja: mad, of wool. Thcb9ilcrs
were large wooden chests, strongly boil cd through
md brsccd On the o,,.ilo. oy't.f, v.rc ,locci
hrcboAcs Of v-,, ,ht iron. with nrc. of c,, IRON.
The cylinder Of the Centre .,ulrs cniac. was cast
in two piec,z. united br conner. AMI ALTHOUGH, but
SIX and half feet long. and trrty i.ch.s diameter,
nearly four months were consumed in l.lia it out
fit for use. The pumps were d,U}lc-ac,'ng, and at
first worked without air chambers these were added
in $50. The engine at the 'yhuylkili vas capable
Of pumping nearly million and half gallons in
tvcn'y.four hours; that at Centre square raised
some les. than million gallons ia the same time
These ,7or,, were finished in l,pl, hut were .oon
found to be iuadouuato to meet tie wants Of the
city. Bolton aal Watt Engine. Of Fix feet stroke
and forty fur incbc, cvlirl,r WIS therefore, erect
ed at the fort of Tarmouu,, wh i,l worked vcrti
cal dcublc-actinc pump, and rli.ei nearly ,7j0,-
600 gallons Of water in t,-cntv.rur hours. T, the
reservoir on the hill, one hundred and two feet
above low tide. Before TIN. cv-inc started. in
Sept 1915, a conrlc. WIS male with Oliver Evans
for one Of his high pressure ca.jac7, then coming
into notice, and one Of ,c feet stroke and twenty
inch cylinder was ac, ,ri!u..y put w.. r!itcnsinc
which upon trial raised moro tia. three million
gallons in twcDty-four l,ur.. VA. started in Dec.
lel7 The cost Of raising 2.3Uo.uU0 gallons by it
per day, was Soi50, The reservoir thon construct
cd held about 3,2-o.0o0 gallons, and the water was
conveyed thence by l,ss to the Old distributing
chest ut Centre .quarc. At tia: time. although
much improvement hal ben made in making
machinery, not single furnace could be found large
enough to cast the cylinder Of the b ltan and Watt
engine entire, though weighing les tLan two tons
But the new works we're found to be both made
quate and expensive, and the resolution to build
the present work was adopted in April 1919. A
dam thrown dnsullly across the stream, in order
to give great len 9Th ofoycr-:a, and consequently
greater security ;aiast ireshet' constructed,
mainly Of homIock crib work sunk through the mud
10 rock, in water thirty feet deep il places at
high tide.
c'ount OF the great der'A at which roet was
i'o'i al the Easter" on' OF the dam' TINS portion
was bulIt OF earth amt s'"ne' ant l. considerably
h'eHeF '""h inc "'er-!'ll' Inc tam Na' closed
"hn water moved over IL Tor the Hrst hm'' III July
lS.". Inc hcmiock timber above low water mark
having become ae'ayed' n was entirely rebuilt III
Rand INlJ' the new w'rn h'irH "i white pine
The dam has witAstood several freshcts and had at
ono tEc a much ~ ton feet ten inches Of water