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Letter: John Fairfax, Sydney Morning Herald New Office wrote to apply to have City water connected

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Unique IDA-00287974SeriesLetters Received [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 5th July 1856 and 15th July 1856Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - HardcoverDescriptionLetter: John Fairfax, Sydney Morning Herald New Office wrote to apply to have City water connected to their office for use as an auxiliary supply only. At present they have a well below the foundations 20 feet deep and 5 feet in diameter and a tank and cistern just below the roof holding up to 3000 gallons of rainwater. A further Internal Memorandum from the Inspector of Public Works contains details of the SMH operations including a 6 HP Steam Engine and 100 Men and Boys (Devils) employed.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYes

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Letter: John Fairfax, Sydney Morning Herald New Office wrote to apply to have City water connected

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