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ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-09-28. ALICE SPRINGS RELIES ON ITS WATER SUPPLY FROM UNDERGROUND SOAKAGE OF THE RIVER TODD. WATER IS PUMPED MAINLY FROM TWO ARMY WELLS ALONG A 2,000 FOOT PIPELINE TO TANKS ON A HILL ON THE SOUTHERN EXTREMITY OF THE TOWN. AS ALL OF THE TOWN LIES BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE TANKS THERE IS NO NEED FOR FURTHER PUMPING. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS PORTION OF THE TANK ON TOP OF BILLYGOAT HILL AND THE OUTWARD PIPELINE. PART OF THE TOWN MAY BE SEEN ON THE LEFT OF THE PHOTO.
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-09-28. ALICE SPRINGS RELIES ON ITS WATER SUPPLY FROM UNDERGROUND SOAKAGE OF THE RIVER TODD. WATER IS PUMPED MAINLY FROM TWO ARMY WELLS ALONG A 2,000 FOOT PIPELINE TO TAN
WATER TANKS AND PUMPING PLANT ON ANZAC BEACH IN 1915-12. THE WATER WAS PUMPED FROM BARGES INTO THESE TANKS, AND FROM THESE TO TANKS HIGHER UP THE HILL. (DONATED BY LT.-COL. A.M. MARTYN.)
FORT CAPUZZO, LIBYA. WATER IS PUMPED FROM UNDERGROUND TANKS AND CISTERNS INTO WATER-CARRYING TRUCKS THEN CONVEYED TO TROOPS IN FORWARD POSITIONS. WELLS WERE SALTED BY RETREATING ITALIANS (AND/OR BRITI
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12. AFTER HEAVY RAINS, MOST OF THE LOW-LYING ROADS IN ALICE SPRINGS ARE COVERED IN WATER AND IF THE RAINS ARE PARTICULARLY HEAVY, THE RIVER TODD FLOWS. WHEN THIS OCCURS
HOWARD SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-09-28. PERSONNEL OF THE 1ST FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS EXCAVATE AN OFF TAKE PIPELINE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WEIR TO DAM WATER F
BERRY SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-17. TWO OF THE 25,000 GALLON WATER STORAGE TANKS WHICH WERE BUILT BY ENGINEERS OF THE 2ND ARMY TROOPS COMPANY, TO STORE AND RETICULATE THE WATER P
