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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Thong: in 1837 an act was procured for making certain reservoirs in the parish. Fairs are held on Easter and Whit … are amply supplied with water from cisterns and reservoirs, and by pumps in various parts, erected at the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… and shops ruined and demolished, wells spoiled and filled, reservoirs burst, sugar canes eaten by cattle or burnt, all …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… entitled An Act for building a platform, cisterns or reservoirs of water at English Harbour in this Island for the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… in solution. The water, thus impregnated, is raised into reservoirs, or pits, ranged in regular series at different … the ore. After the precipitation has taken effect in the reservoirs of the upper series, the water is drawn off into … in solution have subsided. The copper is taken from the reservoirs in the form of mud, and when dried is sent to the …
Survey of London
… requirement of the Metropolis Water Act (1852) that open reservoirs must be covered. Brick-lined, it is enclosed by …