Water Lifted By Compressed Air
For Municipal, Manufacturing, Irrigation or Other Water Supply

An Ingersoll-Sergeant Corliss Air Compressor with Simple Steam and Compound Air Cylinders. This type of compressor is sometimes used for operating large Air Lift plants. ABOUT AIR COMPRESSORS. As the efficiency and satisfactory working of an Air Lift outfit largely depends upon the character and operation of the machine for compressing the air, you should make no mistake in the selection your air compressor. Low First Cost. We do not advise equipping a plant with a cheap compressor,, as the wastefulness and shortcomings of such machines are likely to damage the general reputation of the system. It was early found that many of the cheap and inefficient compressors first sent out had to be replaced before the best results could be realized, because the re- pairs, annoyances and delays incidental to their use made up a great niany times over the difference in the first cost between such a com- pressor and one which was built for high-duty service and contin- uous operation year after year. Delays through breakdowns are costly in the double sense of re- pairs and inconvenience from the failure of the water supply. In the case of municipal water works, shutdowns throw the community open to serious danger from fire. 57