EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY SIGNS

  • Description

    "Emergency water supplies were laid in most, if not all towns and cities to provide a source of water for extinguishing fires and incendiary bombs, should the main supplies be damaged. Many forms of pipe were used, from 6-inch iron pipes laid along gutters, to concrete shuttered trenches and canvas pipes in a metal frame. The cross-section may have been round, rectangular or square. The water ran through these pipes from swimming pools, industrial tanks, specially- built temporary tanks and even bombed-out cellars. Dammed-off rivers and streams were also used. These "Static Water Supplies".....
  • Owner

    Russell Barnes
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rwbarnes/cd/ews.htm
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 4 months, 4 weeks ago
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