Plaque marking the location of an artesian well bored in the 19th Century on Southampton Common
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James Hughes / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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7266 x 4794 px | 61.5 x 40.6 cm | 24.2 x 16 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 October 2015Location:
Southampton Common, Hampshire England UKMore information:
CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON | ARTESIAN WELL | TO PROVIDE WATER FOR THE RAPIDLY EXPANDING TOWN IN THE EARLY PART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY A DEEP WELL WAS PLANNED ON THE COMMON. WORK STARTED IN 1835 TO BORE TO A DEPTH OF 400FT OR UNTIL A FLOW OF 40, 000 CU FT OF WATER PER DAY WAS OBTAINED. THIS FLOW NEVER MATERIALISED AND BY 1842 A DEPTH OF 560 FT WAS REACHED. BORING BY SEVERAL CONTRACTORS CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY OVER THE YEARS, THE LAST TIME BEING IN 1883. THE SCHEME WAS FINALLY DROPPED IN 1885 WHEN AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT WAS OBTAINED TO BUILD A WATERWORKS AT OTTERBOURNE. THE WELL BY THEN AT LEAST 1317 FT DEEP WAS ABANDONED AND CAPPED OFF.