Reservoir Collection (page 3)

The Underground Reservoir at Crossness, 1865
Engraving showing the interior of the underground reservoir of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness in 1865. This image shows the reservoir illuminated for the officially opening by

Well, Au Reservoir, Monsieur. - Engishman abroad
A Jocular Briton (leaving French Hotel) - " Well, Au Reservoir, Monsieur." Hotel Proprietor - " Tanks!!" Date: 1896

Entrance to the Reservoir, Singapore. Note the superb examples of the Travellers palm trees (Ravenala madagascariensis) behind the railings and wall. Date: circa 1907

CAVANILLES PALOP, Antonio Jos頨1745-1804). Spanish
" CAVANILLES PALOP, Antonio Jos頨 1745-1804). Spanish naturalist, botanist and clergyman. Picture of his work " Obervaciones sobre la historia natural

Spain (1925). The king Alfonso XIII visiting

CHINA. NORTH WEST. The Silk Road. Binglingsi Grottoes. Liujiaxia Reservoir

Jardines House on Inya Lake - Rangoon - Beautifully manicured garden down to the Lake. Traveller palm - fan shaped, each leaf stalk in joining the main stem forms a gourd-like reservoir of water for

Buffalo Bill Dam - Wyoming - A wonderful big structure which slopes and holds back tons of blue-green water of Shoshone Reservoir. A big power plant is a ways below it

NFS (London) open water pumping exercise, WW2
NFS London firefighters undertaking a pumping exercise from an open water supply (reservoir)

Lake Curon, Reschen Reservoir: flooded valley with church spire showing Date: 2011

View of the Great Receiving Reservoir. Yorkville, City of New York. Date: 1842

View of the Distributing Reservoir, New York. On Murrays Hill, - City of New York. Date: 1842

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Fisherman and record trout
An extremely dapper Fisherman (the sender of this card!) with the largest trout ever caught in Dean Clough Reservouir, Great Harwood, Lancashire

The Childrens Home and Orphanage, Lancashire Branch, Edgewo
Boys constructing a reservoir at the Childrens Home on the Moor at Edgworth near Bolton. Founded in 1872 by Methodist minister Thomas Bowman Stephenson

Reservoir Anglers
Lads angling on the banks of the glistening waters of Aldenham Reservoir, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1950s

Thruscross Reservoir
View showing the Thruscross Reservoir dam under construction, in the Washburn Valley, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. Date: completed 1966

Dolygaer Chapel, near the Taff Fechan Reservoir. When the reservoir was constructed the village of Dolygaer was submerged. The chapel is now a private residence. Date: 19th century

Lopwell Dam
A fine impression of the then newly built Lopwell Reservoir Dam, on the River Tavy, Devon, England, which was built to supplement the water supply of the city of Plymouth. Date: completed 1953

Aldenham Reservoir
A reservoir full of water, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1939

Aswan Low Dam and Reservoir
The Aswan Low Dam and Reservoir (Old Aswan Dam). The dam is a gravity masonry buttress dam on the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. Date: circa 1924

Mexico, The Dam at San Luis Potosi
Mexico, The Opening of the Dam at San Luis Potosi Date: circa 1906

Pune, India - Khadakwasla Water Works
Pune (Poona), India - Khadakwasla Water Works. The original dam (pictured on this postcard), was built in the 1879 as a masonry gravity dam and was the first of its kind in the world. Date: 1910s

The Mohne Dam before the Dambusters Raid; Second World War
Aerial photograph showing the Mohne Dam and reservoir (top) before the Dambusters raid of 16th May 1943. Anti-torpedo nets can be seen just above the dam in this photograph

The Mohne Dam; Second World War, c. 1940
Aerial photograph showing the Mohne Dam and reservoir (top) before the Dambusters raid of May 1943. This photograph was probably taken before the Second World War as there are no obvious signs of

Aerial Photograph of the Eder Reservoir; Second World War, 1
Aerial photograph showing the Eder Dam and reservoir after it had been breached by the RAF Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron during the Dambuster Raid of 16 May 1943

Holmfirth Reservoir
Terrible inundation and loss of life at Holmfirth when the reservoir burst its banks in 1852

Howden Reservoir
The huge, impressive barrage of Howden Reservoir, north north Derbyshire, built in 1912 to supply water to Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield

Craig-Y-Alt-Goch Dam and Reservoir, Elan Valley, Radnorshire, Wales, one of the reservoirs which which provides Birmingham, 80 miles away, with its water supply

The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir, spreading destructio
The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir. Much destruction was caused by the flooding, bridges lost and buildings demolished

Crossness Works
The drainage works at Crossness, London are opened: an interior view of the reservoir

Neros Golden Palace
Reconstruction of the reservoir at the Golden Palace of Nero in Rome

New York Reservoir
South Gate House, New Reservoir, during construction showing the pipes which will carry water to the people of New York

Self-Adjusting Clepsydra
The SELF-ADJUSTING CLEPSYDRA is attributed to Ctesibius, a mechanical engineer of Alexandria, Egypt: the technology involves a dual action of tube and reservoir Date: circa 200 BC

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