London's water supply infrastructure has developed over the centuries in line with the expansion of London.
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
Queen Mother Reservoir
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The Queen Mother Reservoir is a public water supply reservoir that lies between the M4 and the M25 to the west of London, close to Datchet. It is 475 acres in size or about 1 km in diameter - making i
London water supply infrastructure
…Lambeth Waterworks company started work on Island Barn Reservoir at Molesey in 1900. Twentieth century v t e River Ash and North Thames Reservoirs Thames 1. 2. Intake of aqueduct (with sluice) Colne Brook County or Shire Ditch Wraysbury River Colne (feeder of the three above) Ash Pumping Station to 3. & 4…
Reservoir and sailing club