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Credit: Thames and metropolis improvement plan / by John Martin. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![will be favourable tor the Artesian supply, es])ecially when we know that the conduits at Paddino'ton, which anciently supplied London with water, were close to the head of the Serpentine, and are still to be found under the gardens of Westbourne Terrace, or Conduit Street West, two springs on Craven Hill having only within the last few weeks been covered in : —these springs it should be remembered are public property, and no private parties should, therefore, be allowed to appropriate them. That they may be turned to useful account in the way suggested there can be little doubt, for whatever may be the opinion regarding the prac- ticability of attempting to supply the entire Metropolis with water by means of boring, there can be no question as to the sufficiency of supply for the Parks only, and surely it would be advisable to obtain this supply of the purest water, when the depth at which the spring is to be found could be ascer- tained atvery small expense. The experimient should be made in the centre of the lake opposite the palace, and the water entering as a foimtain, would thence be conducted to the head of the Serpentine, where the fountain suggested in my former plan should be, though of a form somewhat more picturesque than that at present existing, and finally flow off at the lower end, to supply the other ornamental waters in the Parks. To render the bathing jdace on the banks of the Serpentine, as complete and useful as possible, it would be convenient to have on each side of the river, for about 200 feet in length, a single row of forms, with backs and small partitions under the seat, for the bather to deposit hisclothes; this arrangement would neither be unsightly, nor intercept the view; but would, on the contrary, furnish comfortable sheltered, and agreeable seats during the day for loungers. Having thus explained how an abundant quantity of water may be procured without injuring the navigation, or the picturesque beauty of the river or its tributaries, it is](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22362800_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
