On the Cover: Butts Hill Small Water Storage Tank and Revolutionary War Fort Butts Portsmouth Water and Fire District, Rhode Island

摘要

The cover photograph shows a profile of the Portsmouth Water and Fire District's Butts Hill Small Water Storage Tank located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The tank was designated as an AWWA Water Landmark in 2012. The five hundred thousand (500,000) gallon welded steel tank stands sixty (60) feet tall with a diameter of thirty-eight (38) feet. The tank consists of eight (8), ninety (90") inch rings and a lap welded dome roof. The tank sits on a reinforced concrete ring-wall.