Lanterna Rally

Author: District of Columbia Enginee Department

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-07

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9780428039264

Excerpt from Report of the Operations of the Engineer Department of the District of Columbia: For the Year Ended June 30, 1926 The Anacostia pumping station has been Operated without inter ruption during the year, pumping to the three towers supplying the area east of the Anacostia River. This station is taken care of by four enginemen who work on eight-hour shifts. The water pumped for this service during the year was gallons, or a mean of gallons daily. The total pumpage for the year at the District pum ing station was gallons more than in 1924 - 25. T e greatest amount pumped in one day (june 30) was gallons; least in one day (august 2) was and the average dynamic head against pumps was feet. The total operating expenses (excluding overhead) chargeable to umping was against in 1924 - 25, making the total Operative cost (ex cluding overhead) of pumping gallons of water into the mains which is per million gallons less than in 1924 - 25. The average cost of coal per ton for' the year was which is less than in 1924 - 25. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.