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water , we will then use the old conduit and one foot of water in the new one . This would supply Boston to - day , but would not fill up Chestnut Hill reservoir ; then when heavy rains come and fill up the lake to overflow , and being ...
water , we will then use the old conduit and one foot of water in the new one . This would supply Boston to - day , but would not fill up Chestnut Hill reservoir ; then when heavy rains come and fill up the lake to overflow , and being ...
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But how will it be with a conduit running over a vast swampy territory , with miles of siphons , and arches supported on quicksand foundation ? It seems to me the chances of accident are tenfold greater than they would be on the present ...
But how will it be with a conduit running over a vast swampy territory , with miles of siphons , and arches supported on quicksand foundation ? It seems to me the chances of accident are tenfold greater than they would be on the present ...
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Now , if it had not been for this dairy business , there would have been no artificial pond over the conduit , and we could have walked over the entire ground and had an opportunity to examine the " quicksand ” which we had been ...
Now , if it had not been for this dairy business , there would have been no artificial pond over the conduit , and we could have walked over the entire ground and had an opportunity to examine the " quicksand ” which we had been ...
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| Title | Documents of the City of Boston, Volume 2 |
| Author | Boston (Mass.). City Council |
| Published | 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Oct 2011 |
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