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New Orleans tests pumping procedures on lengthy Mississippi river bridge
Bridge from New Orleans to Algiers, La, is 3019 ft in length with central span of 1575 ft; it is not equipped with standpipes for fire protection purposes, which poses both hydraulic and apparatus problems to New Orleans Fire Department; two tests used relays from hydrants near bridge base, third involved water pumped from fire tug which was tied up alongside central river pier.
New Orleans tests pumping procedures on lengthy Mississippi river bridge
Bridge from New Orleans to Algiers, La, is 3019 ft in length with central span of 1575 ft; it is not equipped with standpipes for fire protection purposes, which poses both hydraulic and apparatus problems to New Orleans Fire Department; two tests used relays from hydrants near bridge base, third involved water pumped from fire tug which was tied up alongside central river pier.
New Orleans tests pumping procedures on lengthy Mississippi river bridge
Fire Eng
Fire Engineering ; 111
1958
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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