Sure, and thanks.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Liebeknecht" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: filters inside of cisterns


> Susan,
>
> I have been following this thread closely to see how it would unfold as I
> had observed something similar in Newark, New Jersey.  Hunter Research,
Inc.
> excavated a late 19th century brick cistern six feet in diameter and three
> feet high.  At the bottom of the cistern was a 0.1 foot high raised cement
> pad measuring 1.1 feet wide by 2.0 feet long.  I thought perhaps it
> represented a pad for a pump to retrieve stored water.  I can send you a
> digital image if that helps.
>
> Bill Liebeknecht
> Hunter Research, Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jay
and
> Beth Stottman
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 9:50 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: filters inside of cisterns
>
> Just as Bob stated, in the over dozen cisterns I have seen in the
Louisville
>
> area, there has been no filtering device nor have I seen any mention of it
> in the literature.  I would think for a filter to be an important
component
> of a cistern, there would have to be an understanding of water borne
> diseases or at least the sanitary perceptions to deal with them, which was
> not the case in Louisville until 1914 when the city water works started a
> filtration plant.  This strategy did not become common to cisterns until
the
>
> mid 20th century in the Louisville area.
>
> Jay
>
> M. Jay Stottman
> Staff Archaeologist
> Kentucky Archaeological Survey
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Genheimer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:51 PM
> Subject: Re: filters inside of cisterns
>
>
> > Susan
> >
> > I can give you negative evidence that I have not seen such a structure
in
> > a half-dozen 19th century urban cisterns excavated in the Cincinnati
area.
>
> > The only filtering device I have seen is a series of more than a dozen
> > holes drilled in the intake pipe near the base of one cistern.
> >
> > Bob Genheimer
> > George Rieveschl Curator of Archaeology
> > Cincinnati Museum Center
> > 1301 Western Avenue
> > Cincinnati, Ohio 45203
> > 513-455-7161
> > 513-455-7169 fax
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Susan
> > Walter
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:46 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: filters inside of cisterns
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Has anyone encountered red brick filters inside of water cisterns?
> >
> > In the cistern I have been studying, slightly off center on the floor is
a
>
> > solid block of cemented bricks.  It measures approximately 49" high, and
2
>
> > bricks wide, and 3 1/2 bricks long.  One brick width protrudes down the
> > sides of the construction.  On the top is a place built up of 1 brick
wide
>
> > into which the original ferrous pipe was inserted.  There is no evidence
> > of any opening anywhere.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > S. Walter
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
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> > beginning with a visit to Cincinnati Museum Center.
>