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Show Building Biggest Siphon in World 71 I IMIW HIM WHIM Bill tab I 1 ' , j X ' i V ' If i I V ? & V ' ''All sx xv". . , v'a,m - S 1 ittv-jil&'IS Huge siphon, declared to be the largest In the world, which is part of the 29 miles of conduit and water system which after May 1, 1925, will carry the water supply to Washingtonians. The conduit starts at Great Falls, Md. Through this huge steel tube a motor car could be driven, for It Is 10 feet In diameter and 150 feet long, reinforced with steel, concrete and Iron. It drops on one side at an angle of 47 degrees and rises on the other side at about the same angle. |