King George VI Reservoir
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The King George VI Reservoir sits between Stanwell Moor and Staines upon Thames, south-west of Heathrow, England. It is between Staines Moor and a north–south road abutting the Staines Reservoirs. The
View across the reservoir
London's water supply infrastructure has developed over the centuries in line with the expansion of London.
King George VI Reservoir
…one is east, being gravity-fed. Input and output are to and from the Staines Reservoirs Aqueduct, feeding the Water Treatment Works at Kempton Park and another at Hampton. To ease inspection of banks, a flock of sheep is kept on them which keeps them close-cropped…
Fountain in Trafalgar Square
Chelsea Waterworks, 1752. Two Newcomen beam engines pumped Thames water from a canal to reservoirs at Green Park and Hyde Park.
Standpipe Tower at Brentford
The waterworks buildings at Hampton