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Chapter 2
WhatdidBloomseeontherange?
Ontheright(smaller)hobablueenamelledsaucepan:ontheleft(larger)hobablackironkettle.
WhatdidBloomdoattherange?
Heremovedthesaucepantothelefthob,roseandcarriedtheironkettletothesinkinordertotapthecurrentbyturningthefaucettoletitflow.
Diditflow?
Yes.FromRoundwoodreservoirincountyWicklowofacubiccapacityof2400milliongallons,percolatingthroughasubterraneanaqueductoffiltermainsofsingleanddoublepipeageconstructedataninitialplantcostof£5perlinearyardbywayoftheDargle,Rathdown,GlenoftheDownsandCallowhilltothe26acrereservoiratStillorgan,adistanceof22statutemiles,andthence,throughasystemofrelievingtanks,byagradientof250feettothecityboundaryatEustacebridge,upperLeesonstreet,thoughfromprolongedsummerdrouthanddailysupplyof121/2milliongallonsthewaterhadfallenbelowthesilloftheoverflowweirforwhichreasontheboroughsurveyorandwaterworksengineer,MrSpencerHarty,C.E.
