THE VIRGIN'S FOUNTAIN
When Jerusalem was taken from the Turks during the Great War, one of the first acts of. the Governor was to. reorganise the water' supply under British control. Until then the city had been dependent on rainfall and during the rainy season water was caught on the flat roofs of the houses and stored in underground tanks. ' . Under the supervision of the authorities some six thousand cisterns were cleaned, repaired, and covered over, and as cleaning operations had not been done for over forty years the state of these can be imagined. v - British engineers then turned their attention to a spring called "The Virgin's /Fountain," situated just outside the city. The spring runs dry during the summer months, but a well was sunk and an increased supply is now provided.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 19
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134THE VIRGIN'S FOUNTAIN Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 19
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