Serious Water Shortage in England.-When the latest mail from Europe left London, England's prolonged rainless period was causing great anxiety. Wells and streams were drying up and reservoirs had fallen to an alarmingly low level. Left: The dried-up bed of the River Grants at Barthlow, in Cambridgeshire. Right: yarrow Reservoir, Rivington, one of the auxiliary sources of supply for Liverpool, was so low that, as shown in the picture, men were engaged in cutting channels for what little water remained.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 165, 10 April 1934, Page 7
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80Serious Water Shortage in England.-When the latest mail from Europe left London, England's prolonged rainless period was causing great anxiety. Wells and streams were drying up and reservoirs had fallen to an alarmingly low level. Left: The dried-up bed of the River Grants at Barthlow, in Cambridgeshire. Right: yarrow Reservoir, Rivington, one of the auxiliary sources of supply for Liverpool, was so low that, as shown in the picture, men were engaged in cutting channels for what little water remained. Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 165, 10 April 1934, Page 7
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