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Native woman carrying water, Egypt

1 September 2020 by Monissa


EGYPT. – Native woman carrying water from the Nile.
(Caption repeated on back in French: Femmes indigènes porteuses d’eau du Nil)
c.1915
Publisher: ? “L.C.”

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Waterworks Valley, Jersey

19 January 202127 January 2020 by Monissa


Water Works Valley, Jersey

Water treatment plant in foreground & reservoir at the back

From The Island Wiki:

  • Public Water Service
  • Island Water Supply (1947)
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Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, Duren, Germany

9 January 202124 October 2018 by Monissa


Düren, Rhld. – Cölnplatz
Publisher: Peter Peters,

Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, formally Cölnplatz, a roundabout in Düren. The conical building on the right was part of a water tower (1909-1945).

Google Maps.

Wikipedia (in German).


Düren, Leuchtfontaine
Abendstimmung am Colinplatz

Publisher: Peter Peters

Illuminated fountain and water tower

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