Artificial reservoirs for the storage of water, typically water-tight tanks in a high part of a building or underground
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Cistern (?) and pipes on board the hospital ship H.M.S. Inflexible. Glass positive, ca. 1919.
Date: [1919]Reference: 588080i
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Tobacco Bay, Bermuda: ships in the bay, and a source of fresh water for them on land. Aquatint by J. Wells after Porgay, 1803.
Porgay, pseud.Date: 28 Feb.y 1803Reference: 36840i
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Antioch, Turkey: the Medina gate. Engraving by Le Pagelet and C. Niquet after L.F. Cassas.
Louis-François CassasDate: [germinal an. VI [1798]]Reference: 2851354i
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An ancient cistern near Lentini, Val di Noto, Sicily. Coloured aquatint after L. Mayer, 1812.
Mayer, Luigi, active 1776-1792.Date: 1812Reference: 36183i
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Water tank in St. Giles in the Fields, London. Wood engraving, 1858.
Date: 1858Reference: 36881i