Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1919 — GOOD USE FOR OLD WELL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOOD USE FOR OLD WELL

Water ln.lt Employed to .Cool That in Use in the Public Drinking Fountain. In many cities which have acquired water systems, there are old wells which have been abandoned and closed. The Illustration shows how one of these was used in a Western city to cool the water used in a public drinking fountain. The supply pipe for the fountain, Instead of running directly from the water main to the base of the fountain, led first to the coil pipe which was placed below the water line in the old well. As the drinking water flowed through the

turns of this coil, some of Its heat was radiated to the cold water in the’ well, and, on emerging at the upper end of the coil into the pipe leading to the fountain, it was several degrees cooler than when leaving the water main. The device is especially effective on fountains of the type which are not running continuously, but are turned on by pressing a lever. —Popular Mechanics Magazine.

The Cold Water in the Old Well, No Longer Considered Fit for Drinking, Was Used to Cool the Water Piped to the Drinking Fountain.