PUMPING ENGINES
Peoria, Ill., has two water motors,each with four nozzles at the top of a new well. These are connected directly, without any intermediate gearing, with two centrifugal pumps, one above another, by which the force required to raise the water is divided. The water required to run the motors runs from the main pumping station through a 12-inch iron pipe, and after it has discharged its duty it flows into the 24-inch drain tile through which the water has been the means of pumping flows, by force of gravity, down into the big original well at the pumping station. So no water is lost, and the expense of putting up and operating separate furnaces, boilers, and engines is saved, which is a considerable matter, for there are three drive wells on the way back to the pumping station, each of which has a separate water motor for the pumping, and each of which will discharge into the 24inch tiling taking water to the original well.
At Mannington, W. Va., a new large sized Miller pump has been secured, and will be placed in position.
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