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Show Pumping from a Lake. O. S. Would a force pump draw water from a lako, pump being 100 feet from tho lako and fifteen feet higher? Tho correspondent mistakes tho meaning and uso of a force pump. A force pump, properly speaking, consists con-sists of a bolld plungor which drives tho water by pressure. A lift pump or suction pump, or both combined, that Is to say an ordinary well pump, would servo tho purpose here mentioned. men-tioned. Tho suction pump will ralso water to a height of over 30 feot, theoretically. Practically, allowing for leakages, about 25 feet Is all that It Is safo to allow. As tho elevation hero Is only IB foot, thoro should bo no difficulty In a suction pump performing per-forming tho service Such a pump would require a fairly largo plpo from the lok), on account of tho considerable consider-able dUtanco, an Inch, or hotter, an inch and a half, with tight Joints. |