He used wrought-iron tubes connected at the front and rear with standpipes through intermediate connections.
These standpipes carried the system to a horizontal cross drum at the top, the entrained water being carried to the rear.
They would not interest the unprofessional who would learn his lesson among the thronged standpipes of the city.
The overhead pipes are connected with standpipes at the highest place, generally at the ends of the rows.
The pipe-lines are loosely coupled to the standpipes to permit them to roll partly around to direct the hundreds of spray nozzles as needed.
But this last effort was wasted, as developed later, for there was no one in the building to direct the nozzle ends of the hose attached to the standpipes on the different floors.
They had run in lines as near as they could get to the center of the blaze, and had also attached hose to the standpipes inside the building.
The scheme did not stop at putting up standpipes for those who fetched the water.
Supplies of this beautiful water run direct to the hospitals, and at standpipes all over the city the inhabitants take as much as they desire.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "standpipes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
