Supply Collection (page 17)

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

MODERN WATER TOWER
A modern water tower between Great Ashfield and Elmswell, Suffolk, England. Date: 1950s

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

Pangbourne Weir, Berkshire, England, in winter. Date: 1930s

Wallace Heel Spring
Wallace Heel, a spring on the banks of the River Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. This freshwater spring comes from a heel-shaped hole in the ground. Date: 1950s

Cornish Well
The famous Holy Well and old Cross at St. Clear, Cornwall, England. Date: 1950s

Fountain Row - not in the grounds of a mansion in the heart of the countryside, but on the Roof Garden at Derry and Toms, Kensington High Street, central London. Date: 1950s

Cottage Garden Well
An old well in a cottage garden at Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England. Date: 1930s

ST. NONs WELL
St. Nons Well, said to have sprung up during a thunderstorm when St. David was born. Its waters are said to cure infirmities, Pemrokeshire, Wales. Date: 500 A.D

Beer Street Pump
A stream flows down the street at Beer, Devon, England, passing beneath an old pump, although the water does not originate from it. Date: 1930s

Lullington Village Pump
The village pump, beside a quaint cottage, in the little village of Lullington, near Frome, Somerset, England. Date: 19th century

Village Well House
This odd-shaped building on the village green at Offley, Hertfordshire, England is a well house, within which is modern pumping machinery providing water on tap. Date: 1930s

Hemel Hempstead Pump
An unusual combination of an old water pump cum lamp standard, at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1960s

Drinking from a Stream

Twyford Bridge Weir
The weir on the River Medway at Twyford Bridge, Yalding, Kent, England. Date: 1950s

Amersham Village Pump
The old village pump at Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, which dates from 1785. Date: 1785

Lamington Village Well
The old village well in the village of Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Date: 1960s

The Maharajahs Well, Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, England, was presented by the Maharajah of Banares, India, when he learned of the difficulties of the local water supply. Date: 1864

Charlwood Water Pump
The old water pump built into the churchyard wall at Charlwood, Surrey, England. Date: 1930s

Straw on a Water Pump
When winter comes in the village of Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire, England, the wise villagers cover their water pump with straw, so that their supply does not freeze! Date: 1950s

River Wharfe Weir
A weir on the River Wharfe, at Wetherby, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1950s

Loading up a boat at a supply depot in UK, WW1
Loading up a boat destined for France at a supply depot somewhere in the UK during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Elishas Fountain - Palestine
Elishas Fountain - which supplied natural fresh spring water to Jericho and which is mentioned in the Bible in II Kings, chapter ii, 19-22- as " the waters which Elisha healed"

German occupation of Brussels, Belgium, WW1
Scene during the German occupation of Brussels, Belgium, during the First World War. Showing German supply wagons outside a depot, and German troops on horseback. Date: 1914-1918

Izmir, Turkey - Turkish Troops riding through the town with a donkey baggage train, carrying everything from tents to spare light artillery carriage wheels! Date: circa 1910

Australian troops unloading transport wagon, France, WW1
Australian troops unloading a transport wagon in France during the First World War. Date: 22 May 1917

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

German troops at Krusevac, Serbia, WW1
German troops with catering vehicles in front of a supply depot at Krusevac, Serbia, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Workers Reply to General Sir Douglas Haig, WW1
Workers Reply to General Sir Douglas Haig -- the wording of a Resolution passed at the Trade Union Conference at Caxton Hall on 18 July 1916

Food supplies by aeroplane during the Siege of Kut, WW1
Food supplies by aeroplane during the Siege of Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. A BE 2c aircraft in the camp of the 30th Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Allied troops with camels, Mesopotamia, WW1
The 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers and 3rd (Lahore) Division with camels at Warley Wood, their base in Mesopotamia towards the end of the First World War. They are offloading the days water supply

India - Madras - A Public Fountain Date: circa 1910

Oiling and Coaling on land
Light labour and hard labour: oiling and coaling on land. The new method and the old- a contrast. The top image shows a torpedo boat taking in oil fuel through a hose linking her with a tank in

Ammunition supplies by donkey, North Africa, WW1
Ammunition supplies are delivered by donkey to the front in North Africa during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

General Harbord and General Dawes, Paris
Major General James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947), Chief of SOS (Services of Supply), and Brigadier General Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951), both of them American army officers

Lord Kitchener in France during shell crisis, WW1
Lord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) and others leaving a conference in France during the shell shortage crisis, First World War. Date: circa 1915

British Mark IX or supply tank, WW1
A British Mark IX or supply tank, designed in 1917 as a non-fighting tank used for carrying supplies or men through a fire zone. Because of its shape it was nicknamed The Pig

Artillerymen in the snow with shells, WW1
Artillerymen in the snow with shells on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Close-up of 9. 2 inch Howitzer shells, WW1
A close-up of 9.2 inch Howitzer shells on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1916

Filling water canteens, 1872
Soldiers of the Army Service Corps filling canteens from the water cart on Bottle Bush Down, during their Autumn Campaign in Wiltshire, England. Date: 1872

Israel - Nazareth - Fountain of the Virgin Date: circa 1910s

Antwerp, Belgium - Chateau D eau (two fabulously ornate water towers) and the New Railway Station, Date: circa 1900

Hyderabad, India - Hussain Sagar Lake Canal. The Hussain Sagar Lake was built by Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali in 1562, during the rule of Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah

France - Dorlisheim
Dorlisheim in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. The card shows the Chateau Saint-Jean and a delightful village well, which looks rather ancient. Date: 1906

Travellers Palm, Malaysia
Travellers Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis), Malaysia. It has been given the name Travellers palm because the sheaths of the stems hold rainwater, which can be used as an emergency drinking supply

Mosque Aqueduct, Chios Town
The Mosque Aqueduct, Chios Town, Chios, Greece Date: circa 1910s

Val d Ossau Women at the fountain
Val d Ossau Women collect drinking water at the village fountain. Date: circa 1910s

Oued-Zenati - Algeria, North Africa
Oued-Zenati - The Nougat Fountain. Oued Zenati is a town and commune in Guelma Province, Algeria with plentiful natural springs. Date: circa 1909

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