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A factory for earthenware, surrounded by vignettes showing the use of clay products. Lithograph by P.A. Belin and C. Bethmont.

The labelled interior of a boiler room at a military hospital in St. Petersburg. Lithograph.

Indian agriculture: drawing water for crops. Gouache drawing.

Two workmen unearthing large wooden pipes dating from 1676, excavated at Marylebone Road, London. Photograph, 1937.

A water conduit, St. Mary's, Lincoln, England. Tinted lithograph by F. Bedford.

The interior of a room with steam and cold water pipes at a military hospital in St. Petersburg. Lithograph.

Malhar Rao Holker. Coloured lithograph.

Sadler's Wells and other places of resort beside the New River: two workmen digging a trench for water-pipes in the foreground. Etching by J. Swaine after himself, 1795.

A tap running water; representing the benefits of mains water supply in France. Colour lithograph after A. Brunyer, 193- (?).

The great lead water pipe disaster / Werner Troesken.

The water supply of ancient Rome : city area, water, and population / Gerda de Kleijn.

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Water-pipes

Images from the collections

Images about Water-pipes

Works from the collections

Two workmen unearthing large wooden pipes dating from 1676, excavated at Marylebone Road, London. Photograph, 1937.

Indian agriculture: drawing water for crops. Gouache drawing.

The great lead water pipe disaster / Werner Troesken.

A tap running water; representing the benefits of mains water supply in France. Colour lithograph after A. Brunyer, 193- (?).

The water supply of ancient Rome : city area, water, and population / Gerda de Kleijn.

Water-pipes

Images from the collections

Images about Water-pipes

Works from the collections

Two workmen unearthing large wooden pipes dating from 1676, excavated at Marylebone Road, London. Photograph, 1937.

Indian agriculture: drawing water for crops. Gouache drawing.

The great lead water pipe disaster / Werner Troesken.

A tap running water; representing the benefits of mains water supply in France. Colour lithograph after A. Brunyer, 193- (?).

The water supply of ancient Rome : city area, water, and population / Gerda de Kleijn.

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