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It sounds much like a septic tank and leach field
system.
We had a setup very similar to what you are describing
with the house my parents had in Connecticut.
David Legare
--- Janet Jordan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'm forwarding this request for information from
> Chris Murphy, Augusta
> State University. Any thoughts would e most
> appreciated.
>
> Can anyone suggest a probable function for the
> feature described below
> or references related to water purification in the
> late 19th or early
> 20th century? We have a feature which consists of
> three pairs of
> (roughly) 4.5 foot square brick “wells” (each
> about 3-3.5’ deep)
> arranged side by side in such a manner that the
> first pair is on a
> slope slightly elevated above the second pair which
> is above the third
> pair. The total length from end to end is
> approximately 16.5 feet and
> a width of roughly 11.5 feet. (We take metric
> measurements, but it is
> most unlikely that this feature was constructed
> using metric
> dimensions.) The upper two pairs of these
> “wells” have iron drain
> pipes that would carry a fluid (water?) to the next
> pair of down slope
> “wells”. We have yet to see any drain in the
> bottommost pair. The
> “wells” have cement floors and preliminary
> excavations in the “wells”
> show that they have pea gravel and larger rocks
> resting on these
> floors.
> This feature may have been part of a WW I training
> encampment (Camp
> Hancock) located here in the Augusta, GA area, but
> we are not certain
> that it was part of that installation because
> although the property
> line must have been close, we have not been able to
> determine if this
> structure was within or outside of the military
> cantonment area. While
> the evidence so far points to this structure being
> related to water
> purification, it would seem to be far too small to
> serve any sizable
> military contingent. Camp Hancock apparently had up
> to 36,000 soldiers
> during parts of the 1917-18 time frames.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions based on this
> information will be welcome.
>
> Janet Jordan
> Lab Supervisor
> Archaeology Laboratory
> Augusta State University
> Augusta, Georgia
>
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