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Water - Distribution

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  • Aqueduct, Lisbon, Portugal: panoramic view over the Valley of Alcantra. Coloured line engraving by T. Bowles after R. Black.
  • Indian agriculture: drawing water for crops. Gouache drawing.
  • Panorama of the river Thames and the buildings of the City, looking northwards beside London Bridge. Engraving by S. and N. Buck, 1749.
  • World War One: three soldiers sterilising water for the troops. Gouache painting, c. 1916.
  • Boer War: people queueing to fill buckets from a well in the women's laager in Mafeking (Mahikeng), South Africa. Halftone, c. 1900, after W. Weekes.
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    Aqueduct, Lisbon, Portugal: overlooking the Valley of Alcantra. Line engraving, 1751.

    | Date: August 1751 | Reference: 20303i
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    Indian agriculture: drawing water for crops. Gouache drawing.

    | Reference: 31974i
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    Koomaylee Pass, Ethiopia: watering-place during the Abyssinian expedition. Coloured wood engraving by J.M.

    | Date: 1868 | Reference: 20885i
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    The water supply of ancient Rome : city area, water, and population / Gerda de Kleijn.

    Kleijn, Gerda de. | Date: 2001
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    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.

    Swaine, John, 1775-1860. | Date: 1795 | Reference: 38532i
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