M0012972: Illustration of the New River Waterworks

Previous title, replaced January 2022: The New River Waterworks.

Photograph of a wood engraving of the New River Waterworks, a reconstruction of the storage resevoir at Claremont Square, reproduced from The Illustrated London News, 22 November 1856. This item was accessioned by the Wellcome Library (PD 399-18-2).

April 1953

3 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm sheet film: 12 x 10 cm print; 9.7 x 12.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication from which the image depicted in the glass plate negative has been reproduced.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.