AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

INSTITUTED 1852


TRANSACTIONS

Paper No. 1173


A CONCRETE WATER TOWER.[A]

BY A. KEMPKEY, JR., JUN. AM. SOC. C. E.[B]

WITH DISCUSSION BY MESSRS. MAURICE C. COUCHOT, L. J. MENSCH,
A. H. MARKWART, AND A. KEMPKEY, JR.




The City of Victoria is situated on the southern end of Vancouver
Island, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, and is the capital
of the Province.

In common with all cities of the extreme West, its growth has been very
rapid within the last few years. The population of the city proper,
together with that of the municipality of Oak Bay, immediately adjacent,
is now about 35,000.

The Victoria water-works are owned by the city and operated under the