Draining for Profit, and Draining for HealthWaring, George E. (George Edwin)
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Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health
Waring, George E. (George Edwin)
Drain-tiles; Drainage
Fall. Depth
Feet and from
Decimals. Datum
Line.
No. of Distance Per 100 Between To To Depth of Remarks.
Stake. Between Feet. Stakes. Drain. Surface. Drain.
Stakes.
Silt 20.70 18.20 2.50 ft
Basin. ft. ft.
C. 1. 82 ft. 2 ft. 1.64 ft. 19.06 " 15.44 " 3.48 ft
C. 2. 39 ft. do. .78 ft. 18.28 " 14.36 " 3.83 ft
C. 3. 65 ft. do. 1.30 16.98 " 12.85 " 4.13 ft
ft.
C. 4. 51 ft. .56 .28 ft. 16.70 " 12.18 " 4.52 ft
C. 5. 43 ft. do. .24 ft. 16.46 " 11.79 " 4.67 ft
C. 6. 47 ft. do. .26 ft. 16.20 " 11.69 " 4.51 ft
C. 7. 32 ft. do. .18 ft. 16.02 " 11.55 " 4.47 ft Silt-Basin
here.
Made
deep at
Nos. 7
and 10
to pass
a
depression
of the
surface
at No.
9.
C. 8. 41 ft. 2.83 1.16 14.86 " 11.37 " 3.49 ft
ft.
C. 9. 12 ft. do. .34 ft. 14.52 " 11.06 " 3.46 ft
C.10. 38 ft. do. .99 ft. 13.53 " 8.94 " 4.59 ft
C.11. 41 ft. 2.00 .82 ft. 12.61 " 8.52 " 4.19 ft
C.12. 41 ft. 1.09 .44 ft. 12.27 " 7.86 " 4.41 ft
C.13. 41 ft. do. .44 ft. 11.83 " 7.70 " 4.13 ft
C.14. 41 ft. do. .44 ft. 11.39 " 7.39 " 4.00 ft
C.15. 41 ft. do. .44 ft. 10.95 " 7.06 " 3.89 ft
C.16. 41 ft. do. .44 ft. 10.51 " 6.73 " 3.88 ft
C.17. 41 ft. do. .44 ft. 10.07 " 5.90 " 4.17 ft
NOTE.—The method of making the foregoing computation is this:
1st. Enter the lettering of the stakes in the first column,
commencing at the lower end of the drain.
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