When New York City’s population outgrew its plumbing system, it devised a new network of hollow logs to transport water for firefighting. The setup allowed firemen to access water by drilling through the walls of the “pipes,” then plug the hole after they were finished - giving birth to...
which entailed the construction of the Kowloon Reservoir and Catchwaters, the Tai Po Road Filter Beds and the Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir, known as ‘Kowloon Tong Service Reservoir’ at that time, as well as connecting water pipes of various sizes with the service reservoirs to form a...
Petra, ancient city, center of an Arab kingdom in Hellenistic and Roman times, the ruins of which are in southwest Jordan. The city was built on a terrace, pierced from east to west by the Wadi Musa (the Valley of Moses)—one of the places where, accordi
(smoking pipes, shell-encrusted glass vases, and so forth) collected by the museum’s namesake as well as a variety of sculptures from ancient times to the 19th century. Throughout the city, there are also several collections dedicated to famous artists connected with Barcelona, most notably ...
These large reservoirs held the water supply for the city and were connected to a vast network of lead pipes. Everything from public fountains, baths and private villas could tap into the network, sometimes provided that a fee was paid. The water system was as politically motivated as any ...
the washroom is furnished in complete style by generous donations and the donated workmen who connected it to the reservoir with lead pipes which supply the stationary bowls around the room with neat copper faucets. Despite the report of success, however, all was not well. Mrs. Richmond became...
For English people in towns and cityes,life in Roman times was good.Towns now had clean water and sewers.(pipes taking away dirty water)and there were strong walls around them,so people felt safe. People came to the towns to buy and sell things,and food became more interesting and enhoy...
Here I am at the 2000-year-old Roman spa in Bath, England. In Ireland Farmer Joe’s sheepdog skillfully herds the sheep. A bagpiper pipes a lively tune outside Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. Medieval houses of York almost touch! Here is the beautiful birthplace of Shakespeare where he grew...
“It was on a certain night, over sixty years ago, three men assembled in the bar parlour of the “Pack Horse ” Stalyley, smoking out of long clay pipes and drinking glasses of spirits. The evening was so far advanced that the spindle had ceased to whirl and the shuttle to rattle, ...
Spurred by a building boom, archaeologists are plumbing the deep past of one of Europe’s oldest capitals.