In Seattle the University of Washington used to be north of the city in what is now the very heart (the Four Seasons Hotel now occupies the original site). When this became too valuable a property and too small also the University was moved to a site north and ast of Lake Union. There are buildings in the U District that have basement only systems with closed heads and without automatic water supplies. Presumably the fire department was supposed to hook up to the FDC and supply the water. There are also buildings in the International District, directly east and adjoining the original city with the same configuration. There are also older buildings with a head the size of a potato with 1 1/2" connections that have tits protruding at angles from the body shot small streams of water while the body rotates. Most of these have been poached over the years and the "systems"abandoned. There was obviously a time when "automatic" was not important. If I decide to care I'll see if I can find when the requirement for an automatic water supply crept into the code. I don't think there is a requirement that a system needs to be automatic in operation.
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