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Water Supply

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Images from the collections

Images about Water Supply

119 images from works
  • A boy is accused of breaking a shop window while the real culprits hide behind a water pump. Engraving by H. Lemon after W.H.Knight.
  • [Report] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, London County Council.
  • Sion College, London Wall, London: the gatehouse, with a man about to operate a pump. Engraving.
  • Sir Hugh Myddelton, in an oval surround underneath which are surveying and mining tools, with a plan of the course of the New River. Line engraving by A. Walker, 1751, after C. Johnson, 1632.
  • Examples of hydrostatics: Aldersea's engine for raising water, London Bridge water works, a syringe, Tantalus's cup, and a cross-section of a wave. Engraving by W. Lowry.
  • Smyrna, Turkey: remains of the Roman aqueduct. Process print by E.N.A.
  • [Report] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, London County Council.
  • M0014574: Water wheel at the north end of London Bridge
  • The Croton aqueduct, Harlem River Bridge, New York. Wood engraving.
  • Water tank, Srīperumbūdur, India. Coloured aquatint by C. Gold, 1799, after himself.
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Works from the collections

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    [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard Borough.

    Liskeard (England). Borough Council. | Date: 1954
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    [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Aspull U.D.C.

    Aspull (England). Urban District Council. | Date: 1956
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    [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Totnes R.D.C.

    Totnes (England). Rural District Council. | Date: 1956
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    [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C.

    Liskeard (England). Rural District Council. | Date: 1951
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    [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Watford U.D.C. / Borough.

    Watford (England). Urban District Council. | Date: 1934
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Related topics

Public Health
Sanitation
Disease Outbreaks
London
Aqueducts
Water Wells
Water
Drinking Water
Harbors. sh 85058838
History, 19th Century

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