Definition of Lamphole

1. a shaft for lowering a lamp into a sewer [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamphole

lampate
lampates
lampblack
lampblacks
lampboard
lampboards
lampbrush chromosome
lamped
lamper
lamper eel
lampern
lamperns
lampers
lamperses
lamphole (current term)
lampholes
lamphouse
lampic
lampic acid
lamping
lampings
lampion
lampions
lampless
lamplight
lamplighters
lamplights
lamplike

Literary usage of Lamphole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sewer Construction by Henry Neely Ogden (1908)
"881 shows the construction of a lamphole, and how the weight of the vertical pipe, which might otherwise crush down the sewer pipe, is supported by concrete ..."

2. American Sewerage Practice by Leonard. Metcalf, Harrison Prescott Eddy (1914)
"It is true that by means of mirrors attached at proper angles to a rod lowered into a lamphole, with a good light reflected down the ..."

3. Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering: A General Reference Work on Surveying by American School, Chicago, American School (Chicago, Ill.), Frederick Eugene Turneaure (1908)
"The object of the lamphole is to permit of inspection of the ... A lamphole usually costs about $30 to $35 less than a ..."

4. Sewers and Drains: A Comprehensive Discussion of Modern Sanitary Methods in by Anson Marston, Thomas Fleming, Jr. (1917)
"The object of the lamphole is to permit of inspection of the sewer, in determining ... A lamphole usually costs about $30 to $35 less than a manhole. ..."

5. Sanitary, Heating and Ventilation Engineering: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1918)
"In refilling, after this pipe is set, the earth Fig"10" lamphole needs to be very thoroughly tamped around the lamphole and, as shown in Fig. ..."

6. Sanitary, Heating and Ventilation Engineering: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1918)
"The object of the lamphole is to permit inspection of the sewer, ... The cost of a lamphole is usually about $30 to $35 less than that of a manhole. ..."

7. Sewers and Drains: A Practical Treatise on the Selection, Design, and by American School (Chicago, Ill.), Anson Marston (1908)
"The object of the lamphole is to permit of inspection of the sewer, in determining ... A lamphole usually costs about $30 to $35 less than a manhole. ..."

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