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balustrade and is set off by stone benches and plantings. Cast-stone auns
are set on the balustrade posts. The trim around the doorway is of cast
stone. Inside the operating gallery a very attractive appearance has F)en
attained by eliminating the usual roof trusses and placing suspended arched
ceilings. These ceilings and the walls are of grey gypsum plaster *with
monitors and large windows, making the gallery light and cool. I
 In the design of a plant to be located in a semi-tropical zone it i as
imperative that great attention be paid to securing cool, well-ventilated
buildings. This has been done at Tampa by the construction of do le
roofs throughout the plant and by the careful arrangement of ventila Ors,
monitors, and large windows. The results obtained in the lobby: and
















 FIG. 23. FLTER HOUSE.

operating gallery are striking. The appearance is entirely dissimilar t the
usual filter gallery, impressing one as a cool, spacious stone cor ror.
Utility, however, was not sacrificed to obtain this effect, and the added
cost for the treatment was negligible.
 Low parapet walls enclose the filters, upon which are set cast-sme
spijal-twisted columns. These columns are utilized to conceal the strucltural
steel columns, rain-water leaders, and electric wiring. In the entrance
lobby is located a low fountain decorated with colored faience tile. Two
cast-stone lion's-head wall fountains, set in recesses bordered by colored
faience tile, are placed on the rear wall on either side of the doorway leailing
to the offices and the chemical house.
 Laboratory and Offices. By means of a corridor the filter gallery and
 the chemical house are made into what is really one large building (Fig. 6).
 Along the corridor are located the laboratory, office, chlorine room, ind
 lavatories. -
 The office of the Superintendent of Filtration is located so that Mth
 but a few steps he may oversee the entire plant operation. The laboratory
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