"spring box" meaning in English

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          "text": "Springs […] formed where groundwater was pushed up to the surface as a result of differences in slope in the shallow aquifers. […] Ollice's spring surfaced on a hillside beneath the roots of a giant white oak. It flowed into a cypress-encased spring box where fresh milk was stored in the cold water and out through an open-ended pipe eventually making its way to the nearby swamp. For years it served the household needs of several families and the boilers of my great-grandfather's small, steam-powered cotton gin and sawmill."
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