Water Supply Collection (page 6)

North-east view of the Church of St Martin Outwich, Threadneedle Street, City of London, 1736. View with figures using the water pump in the street

Newgate Pump, Old Bailey with Newgate Prison in the background, City of London, 1815

North view of the Church of St James, Dukes Place and adjacent buildings, City of London, 1810. With figures, including a woman collecting water at a pump

Section of the water works on London Bridge, 1755

Laying Monster Tubes from the New River, c1820-1870. Workmen laying water pipes in Camden Road, London

St Katherine Coleman Rectory, Fenchurch Street, City of London, 1817. Also showing a horse and cart, women collecting water from a pump and the Magpie and Punchbowl public house in the background

Water pump in Cornhill, City of London, 1816

Water pump in Cornhill, City of London, 1800. Artist: Samuel Rawle
Water pump in Cornhill, City of London, 1800. With text commemorating a well and house of correction built on the site in 1282

Collecting water from the Nile, Egypt, c1798. Shadufs being used to raise water from the River Nile. A shaduf is an irrigation tool, originally developed in Ancient Egypt

Ruins of the Grand Aqueduct of Ancient Carthage, Tunisia, 1803. Artist: Luigi Mayer
Ruins of the Grand Aqueduct of Ancient Carthage, Tunisia, 1803. Plate 23 from Views in the Ottoman Empire, 1803

Shadufs in Upper Egypt, late 19th century. Artist: G Lekegian
Shadufs in Upper Egypt, late 19th century. A shaduf is an irrigation tool, originally developed in Ancient Egypt

Basement of Sheffield water treatment plant under construction, South Yorkshire, March 1959

Aqueduct, Castle of Kolossi, near Limassol, Cyprus, 2001. Kolossi Castle was built by the Knights of the Order of St John in 1454. It stands on the site of an earlier (13th century) fortress

Persian water wheel, Rajasthan, India. A traditional water wheel powered by oxen

Roman water channel, Salamis, North Cyprus. Archaeologists have found remains at Salamis dating back to the 11th century BC

Sunken Assyrian sculpture, Bavian, Iraq, 1977. The Assyrian king Sennacherib built an aqueduct to transport water from Bavian to his capital city, Nineveh, in c700 BC

Gorge, Bavian, Iraq, 1977. The Assyrian king Sennacherib built an aqueduct to transport water from Bavian to his capital city, Nineveh, in c700 BC

Cuneiform inscriptions on stones, ruined aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977. Built in around 700 BC by the Assyrian King Sennacherib to supply water to his capital city, Nineveh

Ruined arch of an aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977. Built in around 700 BC by the Assyrian King Sennacherib to supply water to his capital city, Nineveh

Ruined corbelled arch of an aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977. Built in around 700 BC by the Assyrian King Sennacherib to supply water to his capital city, Nineveh

He liveth best who loveth best, All things great and small, 1900. Artist: Charles Read
He liveth best who loveth best, All things great and small, 1900. From Black & White Budget, Vol. III. [The Black and White Publishing Company, J P

Laying of a big water main by the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, London, c1902 (1903). The Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company was formed by the merger of the Southwark

The Pompe de la Samaritaine in 1635, 1915. From Paris Past and Present. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1915]

The Boulder Dam, USA, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Water wheel, Egypt, c1890. Artist: Newton & Co
Water wheel, Egypt, c1890. Lantern slide

A shaduf on the Nile, Egypt, c1890. Artist: G Lekegian
A shaduf on the Nile, Egypt, c1890. A shaduf is an irrigation tool, originally developed in Ancient Egypt. Lantern slide

Public water wells, Mandalay, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Public water wells, Mandalay, Burma, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Soldiers filling their water bottles at the town pump La Gorgue, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Men of the Seaforth Highlanders Regiment. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Fountain of the Virgin, Nazareth, Palestine, c1927-c1931. Artist: Cavanders Ltd
Fountain of the Virgin, Nazareth, Palestine, c1927-c1931. Detail from a stereoscopic card issued with Army Club cigarettes

The Water Seller, c1922. Artist: Donald McLeish
The Water Seller, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

The free distribution of cold drinking water, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
The free distribution of cold drinking water, Iraq, 1925. A print from Baghdad, Camera Studio Iraq, published by Hasso Bros, Rotophot AG, Berlin, 1925

Pont du Gard, Roman aqueduct, Nimes, France, (1956). This Roman aqueduct was built in c18 BC. No cement was used in its construction

Log flume, Oregon, USA. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Log flume, Oregon, USA. Stereoscopic card detail

Old well, Jersey, 1924-1926. Artist: Deaville Walker
Old well, Jersey, 1924-1926. A print from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume I, 1924-1926

The Wittelsbacherbrunnen, Munich, Germany, c1900s. Artist: Wurthle & Sons
The Wittelsbacherbrunnen, Munich, Germany, c1900s. The Wittelsbacherbrunnen (Wittelsbach Fountain) was erected to commemorate the completion of Munichs municipal water-supply system

People collecting water from a well, Rabat, Morocco, c1920s-c1930s(?)

People at a well, Casablanca, Morocco, c1920s-c1930s(?)

Loch Katrine, Scotland. View of the walk by the shore. This fresh-water lake is used as a reservoir for the city of Glasgow. The works was opened by Queen Victoria in 1859

Queen Victoria opening Glasgow waterworks at Loch Katrine, Scotland, 1859. This fresh-water lake is used as a reservoir for the city of Glasgow

Aqueduct of Claudius and the Campagna, Rome, Italy. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Aqueduct of Claudius and the Campagna, Rome, Italy. This aqueduct was begun by the emperor Caligula in 38 and completed in 52 by Claudius. Stereoscopic card detail

A Fellah Woman at the Spring, c1880-1882. Artist: W Unger
A Fellah Woman at the Spring, c1880-1882. A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas, JS Virtue and Co, London, c1880-1882

Pont du Gard, Provence, France, 1937. Artist: Martin Hurlimann
Pont du Gard, Provence, France, 1937. The Roman aqueduct near Nimes was built in c18 BC. No cement was used in its construction

The Race Bridge Fair Mount Water Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1855. Artist: J Andrews
The Race Bridge Fair Mount Water Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1855. A print from the History and Topography of the United States of North America, by John Howard Hinton, Volume 2

A Well Cleaner, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
A Well Cleaner, 1737-1742. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon

The St Martin canal, Paris, 19th century. Artist: A Martial
The St Martin canal, Paris, 19th century. The Canal St Martin is a 4 kilometre long artificial waterway ordered by Napoleon to supply water to Paris. It was completed in 1825

The Marly Machine, 18th century. Louis XIV of France had this machine constructed on the banks of the Seine to pump water from the river to his chateaux at Versailles and Marly

Aswan Dam, Egypt, 20th century. In the late 19th century, the growth of population and agricultural production in the lower Nile Valley led to the decision to build a dam across the river at Aswan

Carrying water, Luxor, Egypt, 20th Century

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