Proposed water supply and sewerage for Jerusalem : with description of its present state and former resources / by John Irwine Whitty.

  • Whitty, John Irwine, 1822-?
Date:
1863
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Proposed water supply and sewerage for Jerusalem : with description of its present state and former resources / by John Irwine Whitty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    easily decided by the boring-irons. He could not mean that eighty ziraas was the total depth of the well; for it is more than that even now. His mean- ing must be that, in a certain time of severe drought, it was deepened by that much. Section 9. BIRKET EL-MAMILLA—UPPEE POOL OF GIHON. The Upper Pool of Gihon, before mentioned (Chap. I., Sec. 4, and Chap. II., Sec. 4), from which a small drain or aqueduct, beneath the surface of the ground, leads to the Pool of Hezekiah, is situate towards the head of the Valley of Hinnom, 672 yards N.W. of the Jaffa Gate. According to Dr. Robinson, it is 316 feet in length by 209 in breadth, and 18 deep, containing therefore 1,188,792 cubic feet. It seldom retains water throughout the year ; and at best times, in summer, it yields a very inconsiderable amount. Section 10. BIRKET ES-SULTAN—LOWER POOL OP GIHON. The Lower Pool of Gihon lies further towards the south in the same valley, 138 yards west of the S.W. angle of the city wall, and 750 yards in a direct