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  2. Gamble Plantation Historic State Park - Wikipedia

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    Covered cistern, Gamble Plantation. Next to the house is a covered, 40,000-gallon cistern with a wood-shake roof, which Gamble had built to supply the household's fresh water needs. Fish were kept in the cistern to eat insects and help keep the water clean. Gamble lived in the mansion and used it as the headquarters of his extensive sugar ...

  3. Impluvium - Wikipedia

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    A domus, with impluvium numbered 7. The impluvium (pl.: impluvia) is a water-catchment pool system meant to capture rain-water flowing from the compluvium, or slanted roof. [1][2] Often placed "inside", instead of "outside", a building, it is a notable feature in many architectural traditions.

  4. Fort Jefferson (Florida) - Wikipedia

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    Fort Jefferson is a former U.S. military coastal fortress in the Dry Tortugas National Park of Florida. It is the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas, [2][3] covering 16 acres (6.5 ha) and made with over 16 million bricks. [4] Among United States forts, only Fort Monroe in Virginia and Fort Adams in Rhode Island are larger.

  5. Cistern - Wikipedia

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    A cistern (from Middle English cisterne; from Latin cisterna, from cista 'box'; from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē) 'basket' [1]) is a waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water. Cisterns are often built to catch and store rainwater. [2] To prevent leakage, the interior of the cistern is often lined with hydraulic plaster.

  6. Sulphur Springs Water Tower - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 28.021397°N 82.458897°W. The Sulphur Springs Water Tower. The tower sits on a 13-acre tract of land on the Hillsborough River. Sulphur Springs Water Tower is a landmark of Tampa, Florida. It stands 214 feet (65 m) tall, with a foundation 45 feet (14 m) deep which makes it visible from nearby Interstate 275 and much of the rest of ...

  7. Cisternoni of Livorno - Wikipedia

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    La Gran Conserva, or "Il Cisternone" (43.5525°N 10.3195°E), situated on what were the outskirts of 19th-century Livorno, is the largest and best known of the city's's covered cisterns. It was constructed between 1829 and 1842 to the design of Pasquale Poccianti. While the facade of the Cisternone was completed by 1833 to commemorate the ...

  8. Rainwater harvesting - Wikipedia

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    Rainwater harvesting. Basic configuration of domestic rainwater harvesting system in Uganda. [1] Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is the collection and storage of rain, rather than allowing it to run off. Rainwater is collected from a roof-like surface and redirected to a tank, cistern, deep pit (well, shaft, or borehole), aquifer, or a reservoir ...

  9. Rooftop water tower - Wikipedia

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    A rooftop water tower is a variant of a water tower, consisting of a water container placed on the roof of a tall building. This structure supplies water pressure to floors at higher elevation than public water towers. [1] As building height increases, the vertical height of its plumbing also increases. This produces a large water column and ...

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