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TOWERS AND TANKS FOR WATER-WORKS. 



with first-class material, owing to the exposure of the structure 

 to the elements in the icy latitude. 



" (4) That the primary cause of the accident was the fall of 



p IG< 7. VIEW SHOWING EFFECT OF WIND ON STAND-PIPE AT LINCOLN, NEB. 



(Engineering News.) 



ice, due to the improper control of the water-level during the 

 critical ice period." 



Lincoln, Neb. On April 22, 1902, a 25X100- ft. stand-pipe, 



