Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1895 — A NEW SEWER INLET. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A NEW SEWER INLET.

One That May Be Easily Flushed and Cleaned When Desired. The sewer inlet shewn in the accompanying illustration is a German invention that has recently been introduced. The design is to exclude street dirt from the sewer and to afford a ready means of flushing the inlet To effect this a partition is placed at the mouth of the inlet and the base of the inlet proper is connected with the street water main. A siphon trap is provided to cut off sewer gas. When it Is desired to clean the Inlet, the hinged cover is opened and the deposits In the chamber are removed with a scoop. Then the valve is opened, and water rises In the Inlet In a strong stream, which the cover throws back, so that the entire space is filled, up to the level of the gutter. A further flushing takes place when the valve is closed, and all the surrounding parts of the sewer are washed

clean. Each cleaning requires about forty gallons'of water, and one man can clean from 100 to 200 Inlets a day. The Illustration Is taken from Engineering Newa

A NEW SEWER INLET.