NEW WATER TOWER AT NEWARK
The fire department of Newark, N. J , recently tested the new water tower bough for that city’s fire department. The test, which was satisfactory, was made on the canal bank a short distance east of Mulberry street. Two steamers, with two lines of hose, were used and a two inch stream was sent from the top of the tower. One engine was tried with success. The tower, which was crippled by the International Fire Engine company, is sixty-five feet high when extended and weighs 11,000 pounds. A 250-foot stream was thrown down Canal street, and could easily be forced into the top story of the Prudential Insurance company's building. A turret-deck nozzle was then used, and a stream from a two-and-a-halfinch nozzle was thrown about 180 feet, while another was being forced through the tower pipe. The pressure at that time was about 400 pounds. With only one steamer in operation, a stream was thrown 200 feet. There are connections for nine engines, each using one line of hose, or for four, each using two lines. Two engines, however, will be sufficient to use for any ordinary high building in the city, Chief Kiersted thinks. With the two-and-a-half-inch nozzle a stream can be forced right through an ordinary brick wall. The tower is said to be a great improvement over any of those used by the New York fire department, being, as it is claimed, better constructed, and equipped with more modern appliances.
The fire department of Newark, N. J , recently tested the new water tower bough for that city’s fire department. The test, which was satisfactory, was made on the canal bank a short distance east of Mulberry street. Two steamers, with two lines of hose, were used and a two inch stream was sent from the top of the tower. One engine was tried with success. The tower, which was crippled by the International Fire Engine company, is sixty-five feet high when extended and weighs 11,000 pounds. A 250-foot stream was thrown down Canal street, and could easily be forced into the top story of the Prudential Insurance company's building. A turret-deck nozzle was then used, and a stream from a two-and-a-halfinch nozzle was thrown about 180 feet, while another was being forced through the tower pipe. The pressure at that time was about 400 pounds. With only one steamer in operation, a stream was thrown 200 feet. There are connections for nine engines, each using one line of hose, or for four, each using two lines. Two engines, however, will be sufficient to use for any ordinary high building in the city, Chief Kiersted thinks. With the two-and-a-half-inch nozzle a stream can be forced right through an ordinary brick wall. The tower is said to be a great improvement over any of those used by the New York fire department, being, as it is claimed, better constructed, and equipped with more modern appliances.
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