Further antedating of hydrant (1800)

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

>From Joseph Scott's _The New and Universal Gazetteer; or, Modern
Geographical Dictionary_, Vol. III [this volume published in 1800], no page
number;  Philadelphia:  Frances & Robert Bailey, 1799-1800; Early American
Imprints, Series I.  Full citation below.]


The Water-works of Philadelphia, differ from those of London, Paris,
New-York, and many other cities, in as much as they are not the property of
a private company, for private emolument.  Every street will be supplied by
public fountains, or hydrants, to which every citizen has admittance, and
which are so constructed as to water the streets as often as necessary; at
the same time, private houses, on paying an annual rent to the corporate
treasury, in proportion to their consumption, may be supplied to their
highest stories.

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The new and universal gazetteer; or, Modern geographical dictionary.
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