166 



Drainage hy Steam Power, 



These depths, and the times at which they were taken, are 

 noted in a book kept in the following form : — 



Date. 



From February 4th to February 5th. 



Working 

 Hours. 



Average 

 Depth. 



Remarks. 



1852. 

 Feb. 4 

 (Wedy.) 



Times 

 Depths 



h. m. 



7 0 

 ft. in. 



3 0 



h. m. 



10 0 

 ft. in. 



2 10 



h. m. 



1 0 

 ft. in. 



2 Hi 



h. m. 



4 0 

 ft. in. 



3 0 



h. m. 



7 0 

 ft. in. 



2 IH 



h. m. 



10 0 

 ft. in." 



2 11 



h. m. 



1 0 

 ft. in. 



2 10 



h. m. 

 ft. in. 





18 



ft. in. 



2 11 



Heavy rain 

 for 7 hrs.j 

 and rain 

 in the af- 

 ternoon. 



Feb. 5 

 (Thurs.) 



Times 

 Depths 



h. m 



1 0 

 ft. in. 



2 10 



h. m. 



4 0 

 ft. in. 



2 7^ 



h. m. 



7 0 

 ft. in. 



2 H 



h. m. 



10 0 

 ft. in. 



2 11 



h. m. 



1 0 

 ft. in. 



3 1 



h. m. 



4 0 

 ft. in.- 



3 4 



h. ra. 



7 0 

 ft. in. 



3 bi 



h. m. 



10 0 

 ft. in. 

 3 4 









> » 



Times 

 Depths 



h. m. 



1 0 

 ft. in. 



3 4 



















• 24 



3 Of 



Heavy rain 

 for^l2hrs. 



For the first ten days in February, of which the above two are 

 a portion, the Avork required from the engine was greater than on 

 any previous occasion.* 



The engine worked during these ten days 194 hours. This 

 included Sunday, a day on which the engine is seldom at work. 

 On that day the average depth of water for eighteen hours was 

 3 feet 4 inches. The average depth for the ten days was about 

 2 feet 6 inches. 



The following is an abstract from the engineer's book of the 

 work done hy the engine since the 29th of March, 1851, the time 

 the registry was commenced, and to which I have annexed an 

 account of the fall of rain at RufFord : — 



March . 

 April . 



1851 



June . 

 July . 

 August 

 September 

 October 

 November 

 December 



1852. 



January .... 

 February (to the 19th inclusive) 



and March. 



No. of Days 



No. of Hours 



Weight of 



Fall of Rain 



the Engine 



the Engine 



Water lifted 



at RufFord in 



worked. 



Worked. 



in Tons. 



Inches. 



2 



32 



38,100 





17 



95 



107,910 



0-98 



17 



108 



88,302 



1-70 



20 



140 



166,530 



4-10 



8 



30 



31,740 



2-76 



9 



38 



43,560 



3-72 



9 



42 



50,610 



2-25 



28 



236 



328,370 



6-28 



25 



206 



282,690 



2-02 



18 



102 



132,480 



0-80 



30 



.347 



493,850 



5-76 



19 



298 



475,140 



3-58 



202 



1674 



2,239,282 



32-95 



21 



110 



138,920 



0-30 



223 



1784 



2,378,202 



33 -2.51 



* It will be remembered by many that the 5th February was the eventful day 

 on which occurred the bursting of the reservoir at Holmfirth, the consequence of 

 which was so calamitous. 



t The gauge by which this was ascertained is fixed level with the ground in 



