HUGE NEW WATER MAINS
EMERGENCY INSTALLATIONS IX LONDON i British Ollicial Wireless] RUGBY, Bth May. To augment the city’s water supplies for fire-fighting in an emergency, London is to have two new 24-inch water mains. They are to make availavle unfiltered water from the Thames and the Grand Union Canal. One main, drawing 10,000 gallons of water a minute from the Grand Union Canal, is to serve the West End and the other, from the Canal and the Thames, drawing 20,000 gallons a minute, is to serve the city.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 May 1939, Page 2
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89HUGE NEW WATER MAINS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 May 1939, Page 2
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