The defenders, however, made the city reservoir one of their defended strong points, and with rationing were able to endure the siege.
One possibility is to use Federal agricultural money intended for wetlands protection to help pay for protection of city reservoirs.
"All the city reservoirs belong to the city."
Another is that the city reservoir suddenly dropped 15 feet.
What she means is that, according to her maps, the 42nd Street library was built in 1911 on the site of the old city reservoir.
It is built around a city reservoir which gives the district its name.
The spillway elevation is 1,440 feet (439 m) above sea level, making it the highest city reservoir.
They did, however, appreciate gravity feed, and located their city reservoirs on the highest ground.
Of the eight pictures here, one is a study of the city reservoir, four are portraits of buildings, and the rest are marines.
While the overall quality of the city's water remains high, in many city reservoirs it has declined markedly over the last decades.