Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-11-03

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ell tn rougl mountain spurs by tun-
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iron tools, and spanned fear
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fitted without cement. The Span
iards found the City of Mexico. fur
nishcd with water by aqueducts car
ried across tho lake upon q cause
way. In Egypt and Babylonia wa
ter was abundantly supplied in all
the large cities by the same character
ofworks. Rome, in the reign of the
Emperor Nerva, was supplied with as
many as Eine aqueducts subsequently
increased to twenty-four; and some
of which were of double channels or
mains, and resting on arches, across
broad valleys, ir some instances 100
feet high. One known as the Aqua
Martha is thirty-eight miles long, aud
rests on 1000 acres-the conduits were
in brick or stone, laid in cement. An
other work was over sixty-thrce miles
in length. BY these means whole
rivers were made to flow through the
street of Rome, supply daily of 50,-
600, 900 ofcubic feet Of water, or about
312 imperial gallons for every inhab-
liant OF tho city. In the provinces
the Romans also constructed aQue-
ducts-the grand remains Of which
still exist-on even greater scales
than at home.
Louis XIV constructed with great
expense a splendid work, including
a bridge for the supply ofVersailles.
1t receives water by works 60 miles in
extent, piercing several chains of
mountains by series of As tunnels
of an aggregate length of eigh. and
half miles, and stretching across one
valley by a structure of masonary l.
287 feet long and 262 feet high.
These works cost over $40, 900, 900,
rand supply 1913, 900 gallons min ute.
The use of cast-iron pipes, available
to the people ofthese times, has. .serv-
ed to shorten materially the length
of water-works, and diminish their
cost. One of the finest of water-
works are those built for the supply
of Glasgow, in Scotland, from Loch
Katrine. The distance is only Is
miles, but their is tunnel of 6,975
feet or nearly two miles in length
through a mountain on its line.
Measures are on foot in London aud
Liverpool, however, as we said in
previous article on this subject, to
bring better water than they now en-
Joy, from the mountains Of Wales,
distant from the fotmer ITO miles,
and the latter 7S miles, at immense
cost. Our readers are doubtless
familiar with the magnitude of the
works for the suppiy Of the people
of New York, Philadelphia and Boz
ton. has some Of the details connect
cd with the cost and manner Of con-
ssru~sssn. quantity. surPly etc. etc.
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