High-Pressure Water Supply Scheme for Glasgow.
Parliament has authorized the corporation of Glasgow to carry out a scheme which will include the erecting of pumping engines and the laying of pipes to supply water under pressure for motive power for hoists, hydraulic presses, etc. There are at present 508 hoists and ninety-three hydraulic presses in Glasgow, and to the owners of these increased hydraulic pressure would be an advantage. The working pressure will be 700 pounds on the square inch, and as much water is at present used for hydraulic power at fortyfive pound to fifty pound pressure, a reduction in consumption would result. The works are being designed by James Gale, the water-works engineer for the city. It is proposed to erect at first two pairs of engines, each pair being of sufficient power to pump 250 gallons per minute against a pressure of 750 pounds on the square inch. There will be two accumulators and two mains leading into the city, each seven inches in diameter. The cost is estimated at ,£45.000 including land, main pipes and eight miles of branch pipes. To provide for future developments it is intended to lay out the works so that two additional pairs of engines, accumulators and mains may be put down subsequently.
Parliament has authorized the corporation of Glasgow to carry out a scheme which will include the erecting of pumping engines and the laying of pipes to supply water under pressure for motive power for hoists, hydraulic presses, etc. There are at present 508 hoists and ninety-three hydraulic presses in Glasgow, and to the owners of these increased hydraulic pressure would be an advantage. The working pressure will be 700 pounds on the square inch, and as much water is at present used for hydraulic power at fortyfive pound to fifty pound pressure, a reduction in consumption would result. The works are being designed by James Gale, the water-works engineer for the city. It is proposed to erect at first two pairs of engines, each pair being of sufficient power to pump 250 gallons per minute against a pressure of 750 pounds on the square inch. There will be two accumulators and two mains leading into the city, each seven inches in diameter. The cost is estimated at ,£45.000 including land, main pipes and eight miles of branch pipes. To provide for future developments it is intended to lay out the works so that two additional pairs of engines, accumulators and mains may be put down subsequently.
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