Waterworks Collection

Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. The problems of pollution of the River Seine, and of '...water not being obtainable in the upper stories of Parisian

Jan Blanken Jansz. Superintendent of Waterworks, 1820-1838. Creator: Jean Augustin Daiwaille
Jan Blanken Jansz. Superintendent of Waterworks, 1820-1838

Water Works Park, Detroit, Mich. c1905. Creator: Unknown
Water Works Park, Detroit, Mich. c1905

Water works, Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Water works, Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, between 1900 and 1910

Tower from the lake, Water Works Park, Detroit, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown
Tower from the lake, Water Works Park, Detroit, ca 1900

Water Works Park, between 1880 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Water Works Park, between 1880 and 1901

Paterson, N.J. from Water Works Park, between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Paterson, N.J. from Water Works Park, between 1900 and 1906

Water works and plaza, Harrisburg, Pa. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Water works and plaza, Harrisburg, Pa. between 1900 and 1920

The Highgate Model Yacht Club, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Highgate Model Yacht Club, 1854. Sailing model boats in London: Within a year the Highgate youths produced twenty miniature vessels

New waterworks at Caterham, Surrey, 1862. Creator: Unknown
New waterworks at Caterham, Surrey, 1862. 'To supply [a plentiful supply of good water fit for domestic use,] the principal landowner, at his own expense, has had waterworks constructed

Worthing Water-Works, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Worthing Water-Works, 1858....one of the most favourable and successful examples of sanitary works executed under the authority of the Public Health Act...as the population [of Worthing] increased

The Waterworks. Creator: Pierre-Laurent Auvray
The Waterworks

The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1754: An Allegory of Waterworks, 1754

Scenes in St. Louis, 1874. Creator: Alfred Waud
Scenes in St. Louis, 1874. Hothouses and entrance to Shaws Gardens, the Equitable Insurance Building on Locust Street, Old Court House on Fourth Street, the High School on Olive Street

Fairmount Water-Works, 1874. Creator: Granville Perkins
Fairmount Water-Works, 1874. Reservoir and waterworks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The waterworks, designed by engineer Frederick Graeff

Chelsea Water-Works, in 1750, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
Chelsea Water-Works, in 1750, (c1876). Chelsea Waterworks founded in 1723, created extensive ponds in the borders of Chelsea and Pimlico using water from the tidal Thames

York Stairs and the Water Tower, (1881). Creator: Unknown
York Stairs and the Water Tower, (1881). 18th-century view of York Watergate, Buckingham Street, Westminster, London. Built in 1626 by Nicholas Stone (1586-1647)

Ancient View of Cheapside, (1897). Creator: Unknown
Ancient View of Cheapside, (1897). The procession of Marie de Medici along Cheapside in the City of London, part of the French Queens visit to King Charles I and her daughter Henrietta Maria in 1638

The New River Head, c1872. Creator: Unknown
The New River Head, c1872. The site south-west of Sadlers Wells known as New River Head takes its name from the reservoir at the mouth of the New River

Cheapside, Cross and Conduit, 1638, (1809). The procession of Marie de Medici along Cheapside in the City of London, part of the French Queens visit to King Charles I

New London Waterworks, Vauxhall, Lambeth, London, 1825. Artist: G Yates
New London Waterworks, Vauxhall, Lambeth, London, 1825

A view of the fire engine of Chelsea Waterworks taken from the roadside, 1783. View showing the pumping engine and reservoir of Chelsea Waterworks, London

Section of the water works on London Bridge, 1755

Interior view of Mr Pepys library in York Buildings, Westminster, London, c1670

Elevation plan of a receiver and distributor at the London Bridge Waterworks, 1780 (1788)
Elevation plan of a receiver and distributor at the London Bridge Waterworks, Southwark, London, 1780 (1788)

Plan of a receiver and distributor at the London Bridge Waterworks, 1780 (1788). Artist
Plan of a receiver and distributor with pipes from several mains, on each of which there is a communicating cock together with the leading pipe from a fire engine

View of New River Head, Finsbury, London, c1750; with figures. Completed in 1713, this was a massive engineering project to improve Londons water supply by collecting clean water from 40 miles away

View of New River Head, Finsbury, London, 1730. Completed in 1713, this was a massive engineering project to improve Londons water supply by collecting clean water from 40 miles away

View of New River Head, Finsbury, London, c1753; with figures. Completed in 1713, this was a massive engineering project to improve Londons water supply by collecting clean water from 40 miles away

The Chelsea Water Works, London, 1752. Artist: John Boydell
The Chelsea Water Works, London, 1752. People including women with large hooped skirts stroll in front of the waterworks. At left is a water barrel on a cart

London Bridge (old), London, c1750
View of the Water Works on London Bridge, London, c1750; showing a rowing boat with three occupants observing the works

Hungerford Pier and Footbridge, c1850. Passengers disembarking from steamboats tied up in mid-stream at Hungerford Pier and ascending by stairs to footbridge level

Fergusson Gallery, Perth, Scotland. This gallery, which opened in 1992, houses the works of the Scottish artist John Duncan Fergusson (1874-1861)

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

Waterworks at York Buildings, Strand, supplying water to London from the Thames, 1790. Westminster Bridge can be seen in the background

Part of Old London Bridge, c1600. Part of the bridge originally built between 1176 and 1209, showing the Middlesex (London) shore with (left)

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