Here is one of our great new, dramatic "spreader" systems, spreading out the course of a great river to make the water soak into the soil and filter out to thousands of wells which have gone dry. This is called "underground storage" of water. On the left can be seen dams built on contours behind which water is stored to stimulate percolation. Many such systems as this one are now being created.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Here is one of our great new, dramatic "spreader" systems, spreading out the course of a great river to make the water soak into the soil and filter out to thousands of wells which have gone dry. This is called "underground storage" of water. On the left can be seen dams built on contours behind which water is stored to stimulate percolation. Many such systems as this one are now being created.

[ca. November 1934]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Irrigations

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