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Design - 1900 and later This site contains files in PDF format. |
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Design - 1900 and later This site contains files in PDF format. |
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1900-1910 |
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| George S. Webster and Samuel Tobias Wagner, "History of the Pennsylvania Avenue Subway, Philadelphia, and Sewer Construction Connected Therewith," Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume XLIV (December 1900), pp. 1-33 and plates I - IV. Frames version with JavaScript. PDF version (printer-friendly). |
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| Frederick E. Turneaure, C. E., Editor-in-Chief, Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering, Volume VII, (Chicago: American School of Correspondence, 1908) - a compendium of articles including: Anson Marston, "Sewers and Drains," pp. 233-313, 344-357 (some pages missing). PDF version (printer-friendly). W. B. Gray and C. B. Ball, "Plumbing," pp. 383-453 PDF version (printer-friendly). |
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Colonel E. C. S. Moore, "Introduction, Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III," Sanitary Engineering, Volume I, 3rd Edition revised by E. J. Silcock (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1909), pp. 1-69. Introduction, pp. 1-4. Chapter I: Conservancy Systems, pp. 5-15. Chapter II: Sewerage, pp. 16-51. Chapter III: Sewage Lifting, pp. 52-69. |
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1910-1920 |
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J. T. Brown, W. H. Maxwell, editors, "Sewerage," The Encyclopaedia of Municipal and Sanitary Engineering (New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1910), pp. 421-433. Frames version with JavaScript. PDF version (printer-friendly). |
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Leonard Metcalf and Harrison P. Eddy, "Introduction: The Lessons Taught by Early Sewerage Works," American Sewerage Practice, First Edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1914), pp. 1-31. PDF version (printer-friendly). |
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A. Prescott Folwell, Sewerage - The Designing, Construction, and Maintenance of Sewerage Systems, 7th edition (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1916), pp. 1-12, 44-68, 69-86, 141-176, 345-358. Sewerage - the System (pp. 1-12) Flow in Sewers (pp. 44-68) Flushing and Ventilation (pp. 69-86) Detail Plans (pp. 141-176) Sewer Maintenance (pp. 345-358) |
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H. K. Barrows, "Present Tendencies in Sewer Construction and Design," Municipal Engineering, Volume LIV, No. 4 (April 1918), pp. 144-146. Frames version with JavaScript. PDF version (printer-friendly). |
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1920-present |
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| Revised and rewritten by John J. Buchan,
Reid's Practical Sanitation, 24th Edition
(London: Charles Griffin & Company, Limited, 1948). Provided courtesy
of James Joyce, P.E., Technical Director, Odor and Corrosion Technology
Consultants, Inc.
Chapter 1: Introductory - Vital Statistics (pp. 1-6) Chapter 2: Water Supply, Drinking Water, Pollution of Water (pp. 7-29) Chapter 4: Sewerage and Drainage (pp. 56-64) Chapter 5: Sanitary Works and Appliances (pp. 65-82) Chapter 6: Introductory - House Drainage Connections (pp. 83-100) Chapter 7: Introductory - Sewage and Refuse Disposal (pp. 101-123) Appendix - Sanitary Law (pp. 207-217) |
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Carroll E. Coberly, "Sewers, A re-examination of Some of the Fundamentals of Design and Construction of Sewers," Water Works and Sewerage, May 1944, pp.186-188. PDF version (printer-friendly). PDF is located on the Water and Wastes Digest website |
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W. L. Malcolm, "Sewer Design Practice," Water Works and Sewerage, May 1944, pp. 227-230. PDF version (printer-friendly). PDF is located on the Water and Wastes Digest website |
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Modern articles about the period |
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Steven J. Burian, Stephan J. Nix, S. Rocky Durrans, Robert E. Pitt, Chi-Yuan Fan, and Richard Field, "The Historical Development of Wet Weather Flow Management" (Internet publication). PDF version. |
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Petri S. Juuti & Tapio S. Katko (eds.), Water, Time and European Cities - History Matters for the Futures (Tampere University Press, Finland, 2005). Thanks to Petri Juuti, Ph.D., University of Tampere, Finland. PDF version. Also found on a University of Tampere website. |
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