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Title
Water Well Diagram
Subject
Greenland camps, diagrams
Description
Profile diagram of Camp Century water well; two water storage tanks and a steam generator and pump house labeled on top in ice tunnel; two pipes labeled steam pipe and water-intake pipe descend into the ice in a vertical tunnel below the generator, labeled 15 ft, into a small cave labeled pool of water. Original caption: "Icecap water well is 150 feet down. Steam is forced down one pipe. It melts ice at the bottom, forming a pool. Water is then pumped up through another pipe and stored in tanks." page 88. This is an example of a Rod well, named after its designer, Raul Rodriguez.
Source
Popular Science Magazine
Publisher
Popular Science Publishing Co
Date
Published February 1960
Relation
"US Army Builds a Fantastic City Under Ice", February 1960, Herbert O. Johansen, Popular Science Magazine, Popular Science Publishing Co
Language
English
Type
Magazine
Coverage
Greenland, Camp Century