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Definition of Standpipes
1. standpipe [n] - See also: standpipe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Standpipes
Literary usage of Standpipes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Architecture and Building (1912)
"ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING. large standpipes was clearly evidenced during the ...
The standpipes used solely to supply the first aid streams operated by the ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"Some of the failures of standpipes are undoubtedly due to the use of this inferior
grade of steel. Shell st»'»-l is made more carefully and of better stock; ..."
3. Water-supply Engineering; the Designing, Construction, and Maintenance of by Amory Prescott Folwell (1899)
"standpipes are . made of wrought iron or of steel; the majority in recent ...
standpipes are much exposed to winds, and hence should generally be anchored ..."
4. Water-supply Engineering; the Designing, Construction, and Maintenance of by Amory Prescott Folwell (1899)
"standpipes AND TANKS. standpipes are made of wrought iron or of steel; the majority
... standpipes are much exposed to winds, and hence should generally be ..."
5. The Water Supply, Sewerage and Plumbing of Modern City Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1909)
"Inside Fire standpipes. —All buildings shall be equipped with inside lire standpipes.
... The diameter of the standpipes shall be from three to four inches; ..."
6. The Water Supply, Sewerage and Plumbing of Modern City Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1909)
"The diameter of the standpipes shall be from three to four inches; the material
shall be extra heavy galvanized screw-jointed wrought- iron pipe. ..."
7. Water-supply Engineering: The Designing and Constructing of Water-supply Systems by Amory Prescott Folwell (1917)
"standpipes AND TANKS standpipes are made of wrought iron or steel, ... standpipes are
much exposed to winds, and hence should generally be anchored in some ..."
8. Water-supply Engineering: The Designing and Constructing of Water-supply Systems by Amory Prescott Folwell (1917)
"standpipes AND TANKS standpipes are made of wrought iron or steel, ... standpipes are
much exposed to winds, and hence should generally be anchored in some ..."
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