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Brian Norden

May 29, 2018 11:11PM

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John,
I'll try to remember tomorrow at work to bring home one of the older catalogs I purchased and took in for reference.
I need to start cleaning out my personal stuff as I'm retiring in a month. I've got catalogs back to the 1920s and other books (one general one about waterworks that dates from 1890!).

The fitting would have been sand cast and probably thick wall for the pressure needed to get the water up the hill to the tank. Static water pressure would be height difference (in feet) x .433 lbs/sq-in per foot.

Brian

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What is This? (Lava Tank)	Jason Rose	May 29, 2018 07:31AM
Re: What is This? (Lava Tank)	Brian Norden	May 29, 2018 08:04AM
Re: What is This? (Lava Tank)	Jason Rose	May 29, 2018 09:43AM
Re: What is This? (Lava Tank)	John Cole	May 29, 2018 07:14PM
Re: What is This? (Lava Tank)	Brian Norden	May 29, 2018 11:11PM
Re: What is This? (Lava Tank)	jalbers	May 30, 2018 11:41AM

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