A 100,000-Gallon Tank for Seattle's Thirsty Hills
A reserve tank is about to come online for Capitol Hill and Broadway, while crews begin another on Queen Anne to end morning water shortages.
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The large water tank which has been built in the city park to hold a reserve supply of water for the Capitol Hill and Broadway districts will have the water turned into it next week. It has a capacity of 100,000 gallons, which will supply the hill districts named during the time when the greatest demand is made on the mains, thus preventing the Broadway pump from being overtaxed and allowing it to be run at a more uniform rate. Hitherto during some hours of the morning hill residents have been unable to obtain any water. This morning Superintendent Jackson will begin work on the foundations of another tank of the same size on Queen Anne hill.
“Hitherto during some hours of the morning hill residents have been unable to obtain any water.”
Seattle's hill neighborhoods still depend on reservoirs and pump stations to keep pressure steady during peak demand. The 1894 tank was a small but concrete answer to the same growth problem the city faces whenever new density outruns infrastructure.
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