Brick_Wood_Stone_Land_Water_Measurement - University of Virginia
Brick_Wood_Stone_Land_Water_Measurement - University of Virginia
Brick_Wood_Stone_Land_Water_Measurement - University of Virginia
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<strong>Brick</strong>_<strong>Wood</strong>_<strong>Stone</strong>_<strong>Land</strong>_<strong>Water</strong>_<strong>Measurement</strong><br />
The construction manager suggested in the spring <strong>of</strong> 1824 that reservoirs nearly the depth <strong>of</strong> the Attic and<br />
as large in diameter as the space will admit <strong>of</strong> be placed in the two north corners <strong>of</strong> the attic so that in case<br />
<strong>of</strong> fire water could be thrown by pipes or hose to any part <strong>of</strong> the building beneath the dome. These reservoirs<br />
were never built.<br />
Brockenbrough to Jefferson, 4 June 1824, ViU:PP; see also O’Neal, Jefferson’s Buildings at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong>: The Rotunda, 31. An undated and unsigned faculty member memorandum in ViU:<br />
JHC listing the “Cares devolved upon the executive Committee” indicates that the faculty communicated its concerns about the university’s water supply and lack <strong>of</strong> protection against fire.<br />
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