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Title: Annual report of the Boston Water Board, for the year ending ..
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Boston (Mass.). Water Board
Subjects: Water-supply
Publisher: (Boston, Mass. : s.n.)
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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Water-Supply Department. 73 The main aqueduct was cleaned b)^ machine between Farmpond and the \\est Syplion Chamber on November 29, andby hand between the East Syphon Chamber and Chestnut-hill Reservoir ou December 5 and 6. The 48-inch pipe in Basin 1 has been twice flushed intothe river below Dam 1. Owing to work during the early part of the year on theBeacon-street tunnel, the main aqueduct has been in useonly during-275 days. In addition, however, it was in useas far as Course brook waste-weir for 10 days. Thesupply aqueduct was in use for 285 days. As the supplyfor the city was drawn for some time from Farm pond, theFarm-pond aqueduct was in use only during 171 days, or 114days less than the supply aqueduct. The amount sent to the city has been 9,635,200,000 gal-lons, or a daily average of 20,320,200 gallons for the year.Besides the above, 902,300,000 gallons have been run toLake Cochituate. As the usual spring cleaning was omitted this year thethe interior of the aqueduct was veannualreportofbo9293bost

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