September, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



201 



Water for Your Country Home 



IF you live in the country there is a way for 

 you to enjoy all the comforts and conveni- 

 ences of a city water supply without a 

 penny for water tax. 



It is accomplished by the Kewanee System. 



With the Kewanee System you get even 

 more than city service, because, in addition to 

 every benefit the latter affords, you may have 



— Soft water in your bathroom and laundry. 

 * * * * 



The Kewanee System is easily explained ; it 

 consists simply of having a Kewanee Pneu = 

 matic Tank set in your cellar or buried in the 

 ground. 



The water from your own well or cistern is 

 pumped into the Kewanee Tank. 



From the tank the water is delivered under 

 pressure to the laundry tubs, kitchen sink, bath- 

 rooms, outside hydrants or wherever wanted. 



When the tank is half-full of water the air 

 which originally' filled the entire space will be 

 compressed into the upper half of it. 



It is this pressure exerted on the water 

 which delivers it to the plumbing fixtures and 

 hyd rants. 



An average pressure of 40 pounds may be 

 maintained under ordinary conditions. This 

 will carry water to a height of go feet, thus af- 

 fording splendid fire protect ion. 



You see that the method, while perfectly 

 simple, is based on a thoroughly scientific plan. 



The Kewanee Water Supply Company was 

 the first to apply this principle successfullv in 

 supplying water to country houses, and after 

 ten years of experience the system has proved 

 to be entirely practical and it is rapidly grow- 

 ing in favor. 



Over j, 000 Kewanee Outfits now in use. 



The old style elevated tanks are passing 

 — Because they stand no show in compe- 

 tition with the modern, no-trouble system — the 

 Kewanee System. 



The old-fashioned gravity system meant 

 pumping water up in order to get it down again. 



Now,togivethe necessary pressure for fireprotection 

 and service, the elevated tank must be located on top 

 of a tall tower. This is expensive, unsightly and unsafe. 



The water freezes in winter, becomes warm and stag- 

 nant in summer, and repairs are a big item of expense. 



The attic tank doesn't give sufficient pressure for 

 fire protection. 



Its weight is apt to crack the plastering, and when it 

 leaks (as it is pretty sure to do) your house is flooded. 

 Just one such expensive accident may cost you many 

 times the price of a Kewanee Outfit 



— Which can not flood the house, because the tank is 

 resting on solid ground where it can do no damage. 



The installation of a Kewanee Pneumatic Water 

 System in your country home means 



— Plenty of pure, fresh water, 



— Cool water in the summer, 



— No freezing water in winter, 



— Absolute protection from fire, 



— Decrease in insurance rates, 



— A plant that will last a lifetime, 



— No expensive repairs. 



It solves the country water problem completely. 



The Kewanee System will take care of <z//your needs 

 — for home, garden, lawn, stables, poultry houses, etc. 



Our Kewanee Outfits are complete. 



Not an engine only, which in itself can not give you 

 a water supply — nor a tank only, which is useless un- 

 less you have some form of pumping power — 



But, we furnish the whole thing — a complete system of 

 water supply. 



Our engineering department is prepared to solve 

 your water problem — no matter how difficult that 

 problem may now appear. 



Kewanee Outfits are made in sizes suited to the small- 

 est cottage — or largest building — or group of buildings. 



We guarantee every Kewanee Outfit to give perfect 

 service 



Send for catalogue No. 36, which shows where 

 Kewanee Outfits may be found in your State — free if 

 you mention this paper. 



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