Collection of Sewer Cross-Sections
“A conduit or canal constructed, especially in a town or city, to carry off superfluous, water, soil, and other matters; a public drain. A, B, C, D, E forms used in London, Paris, and other European cities; F, G, H, I, J, K, L, special forms used in New York and other American cities. F shows a method of repairing with tiles at the bottom of an oval sewer. G, tile-bottomed sewer. H, barrel sewer...of wood bound with iron. I, a form used for large sewers. J, section of pipe sewer. K, half section of sewer having section similar to B, but also provided with a spandrel. L, the aqueduct form, used for large sewers only, it rests on a bed of concrete.” —Whitney, 1889
Keywords
water, tube, tunnel, aqueduct, brick, soil, woodwork, wood, waste, sewer, Sewers, tubes, concrete, Vault, form, brickwork, forms, London sewer, New York sewer, Paris sewer, tunnels, waste systemSource
William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5534
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