Sujet
Dam for the new water supply of Bombay, 1872. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Dam for the new water supply of Bombay, 1872. 'The city and island of Bombay, which have nearly 800,000 inhabitants, are supplied with water from Vehar, an artificial lake...The Vehar reservoir...has hitherto amply supplied the wants of the island; but the rainfall last year being very small, the lake, at the end of the monsoon, was nearly ten feet lower than usual. This drew attention to the possibility of a short rainfall this year also, causing a deficiency of water...it was decided to make a new lake at Toolsi, to supplement Vehar...By damming up the source of the River Tassoo, the water is impounded in the Toolsi valley, and by tunnelling through the ridge between Toolsi and Vehar, a passage is made for it into the latter lake...The view given in our Illustration is of the dam across the Tassoo, as it now appears, 30 ft. high, with the water overflowing...Vehar, when full, covers an area of about 1400 acres, and has 2550 acres of gathering ground, and contains 10,650,000,000 gallons, giving a daily supply of 10 gallons a head, and Toolsi will increase it by 4½ gallons per head...The works were designed and carried out by Mr. Rienzi Walton, associate of the Institute of Civil Engineers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
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HRM25A06_081
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Droits gérés
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24,7Mo (2,6Mo) / 31,5cm x 19,7cm / 3715 x 2328 (300dpi)