This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...two storage reservoirs to contain 300,000,000 gallons, a service reservoir with a capacity of 6,000,000 gallons, and about 8 miles of main piping 22 inches and 24 inches in diameter, and 20 miles of canalization in the town.i i Since the Paper was written the Company has been wound up, and the works have been stopped, owing to financial difficulties. The price usually charged for water in Genoa, for purchase in perpetuity is ?480 per oncia of 4,224 gallons a day, or 2d. to 4d. per 1,000 gallons measured through an adjusted tap, and about 1s. per 1,000 gallons if by meter, according to the elevation. Bome. From the most ancient time Rome has possessed the best watersupply in Italy. At present Bome receives water from four aqueducts, three of these of great antiquity, namely, the...

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