Word: artesian
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...artesian well which was driven at Memorial Hall a year ago is working very satisfactorily. The pumps, run by electricity generated in the building, supply about 75 gallons of water a minute. This is used for cooling the ammonia coils of the ice plant, for washing, and for the steam boilers. The well water cannot be used for drinking because of the presence of alkali in it, and water from Fresh Pond is still obtained for this purpose...
...iron piping, together with the brass pump-box, for the artesian well at Memorial Hall, has arrived and is now rapidly being placed in position. A wooden tripod has been erected over the well, by means of which the jointed sections of pipe are lowered. As soon as the electric pump, which is now under construction, is installed, the well will be ready for immediate use. It is 321 feet in depth and through the eight-inch pipe water will be supplied at the rate of 50 gallons per minute. When completed, the whole structure will be entirely underground...
...artesian well beside Memorial Hall, which has been under construction since June, is now nearly finished, and will be ready for use as soon as the electric pump now being built is installed. The well is 321 feet deep with an eight inch pipe and will supply water at the rate of 50 gallons a minute. When completed, the whole structure and machinery of the well will be entirely underground...
During the summer work has been in progress on an artesian well for Memorial Hall, and at a depth of 350 feet a flow of fifty gallons per minute has been secured. This water will be used for washing, and in the ice plant. It will not be used for drinking unless it is found pure and the consent of the Corporation is received. The use of the well will effect a large saving in the water bills which have hitherto been a considerable item in the expenses of the hall...
...Corporation has given permission to the Harvard Dining Association to drill an artesian well near the refrigerating plant on the Kirkland street side of Memorial Hall. The contract has been let to Messrs. B.F. Smith and Brothers of Boston and work will commence with-in a few days. The well is expected to be ready for use at the opening of College next autumn...