PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



tower-height, to have the tank in position to supply 

 the upper rooms of the home, will immediately sug- 

 gest a building that will prove an attraction to the 

 house surroundings. It need not necessarily be ex- 

 pensive, but at least it should be picturesque, and 

 many unusual structures are encountered in the 

 study of water towers. 



Before deciding on the architectural scheme of 

 the tower or supply house (whether it shall be quaint 

 and rustic or of stately, costly masonry) it will be im- 

 portant to study the means of securing the necessary 

 force and supply of water to meet all the demands 

 of the home and the grounds. In hilly sections, 

 where springs abound, there is little difficulty in 

 solving the problem. Location and environment 

 combine to make it possible to install the simplest 

 form of i l power " that of pressure supplied by 

 gravitation. In this case the spring selected to af- 

 ford the house and grounds an adequate supply of 

 pure water must be on a hill as high as the house. 

 Or, on the other hand, the house must be built on a 

 lower slope of the hill when the question of water 

 supply is being considered during the process of 

 building. After being assured of the purity of the 

 water, supplied by the spring with a copious flow, it 



is simply necessary to build a reservoir between the 



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