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2. Water tower - Wikipedia

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   Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Water Tank (1875, restored 2012), Beaumont, Kansas, US. Although the use of elevated water storage tanks has existed since ancient times in various forms, the modern use of water towers for pressurized public water systems developed during the mid-19th century, as steam-pumping became more common, and better pipes that could handle higher pressures ...

3. Water tank - Wikipedia

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   An elevated water tank, also known as a water tower, will create a pressure at the ground-level outlet of 1 kPa per 10.2 centimetres (4.0 in) or 1 psi per 2.31 feet (0.70 m) of elevation. Thus a tank elevated to 20 metres creates about 200 kPa and a tank elevated to 70 feet creates about 30 psi of discharge pressure, sufficient for most ...

4. Cuyuna Iron Range Municipally-Owned Elevated Metal Water Tanks

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   The Cuyuna Iron Range Municipally-Owned Elevated Metal Water Tanks are a group of five water towers within the Cuyuna Range in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.The water tanks, built between 1912 and 1918, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places because they represent the historical period of community planning, public works, and engineering that supported the development of the ...

5. ‘It’s shameful’: Houston homeowners in limbo after public ...

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   Two sets of Houston homeowners have been left high and dry after a municipal water tank exploded behind their homes, unleashing thousands of gallons of water that tore down an eight-foot fence and ...

6. Caldwell Tanks - Wikipedia

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   St. Charles County, Missouri Water District 2 - Caldwell was awarded the 2005 Steel Tank of the Year Award by the Steel Tank Institute / Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA) for an elevated tank completed in December 2005. The 180-foot (55 m) tall tank has a capacity of 3,000,000 US gallons (11,000,000 L) of water.

7. 3 Dividend Stocks I'll Never Sell - AOL

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   Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) might seem like a pass with its modest 0.5% dividend yield and lofty 52 forward price-to-earnings ratio (P/E). However, I'm never parting with my shares ...