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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. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS PORTION OF THE TANK ON TOP OF BILLYGOAT HILL.
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
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
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. 1942-12-17. SAPPER D. WENNERBOM (LEFT) AND SAPPER M. PUMPA, PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO A 2,000 GALLON WATER TANK WHICH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY THE 4TH ARMY TROOP COMPAN
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12. A 3-TON TRUCK WELL AND TRULY STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER TODD AT THE SOUTHERN CAUSEWAY.
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-23. THE 148TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY MARCHING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CAUSEWAY OF THE TODD RIVER, LED BY CAPTAIN R.E. BAYES.
