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A stream flowed from the hill above into the upper pond, through that pond, and down to the lower pond.
There was a spring which rose about 40 yards to the north of the place where the stream entered the lower pond. At the date when the lease was entered into, the water from this spring formed a marsh in the vicinity. Most of the water percolated through the ground down to the pond. There was also a field drain which came from the top of the field and ran into the pond near the place where the stream entered it.
The factor then proceeded with the operations to obtain the new water supply for the smith. The water from the spring was collected into a tank. A two-inch pipe was put in which carried the water down towards the blacksmith's. From this pipe a half-inch branch pipe was taken to the farmer's garden, a half-inch pipe to a cottage behind the blacksmith's house, and a three-quarter-inch pipe to the blacksmith's house itself. All these pipes were fitted with taps.
When the ground was opened up, the spring from which it was supposed the water ran down to the smithy by the piggeries was found, and in order to get as much water into the tank as possible the old drain by which the water ran away was puddled and the water thrown back into the tank. Water still ran from the old pipe at the blacksmith's, but it stopped after two or three days' dry weather.
The blacksmith required and used a considerable quantity of water for purposes connected with his trade.
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