Show BIG RESERVOIR FOR LONDON english city Hs just completed wonderful piece of engineer ing work to show the extent of the wonder tul engineering work which has given to the city of london england what s probably the greatest covered reser in the world it Is only naces sary to quote a few of the ahlet facts and figures operations were begun in 1898 and it is estimated that the undertaking has cost incle alva of the price of abo land include ing the engine and boiler house and the various approaches the reservoir covers nearly 30 acres it has a storage capacity of 56 gallons and Is divided into four compartments two of which hold 16 gal ions about brick have been used in its construction the reservoir will derive its supply principally by means ofa 42 inch main from the hampton works of the metropolitan water board but water will also be obtained from a deep well in the chalk the depth of the corn apartments part ments ranges from 20 to 33 feet at the center of the four compart ments where the division walls inter sect is the central well from which the charging and emptying will be dl every modern appl lanca for regulating and automatically record ing the ingress and egress of the wa ter will be employed and by means of special connections it will be pos elble to work each or every compart ment at the same time without inter terling with the others |