80 Our Water Supply 



and when the new supply was laid on, there was an 

 artificial lake of 1121 acres holding 12,000 million 

 gallons of water. The retaining wall is 100 feet high 

 and is sunk 60 feet below ground. By the track the 

 water follows the distance is 68 miles from Liverpool. 



Birmingham gets its daily supply of 11,000,000 

 gallons from the Elan and Claerwen in Radnorshire, 

 78 miles away; and Derby, Leicester, Sheffield, and 

 Nottingham have a combined water scheme to draw 

 their supplies from the Derwent in Derbyshire. There 

 two great reservoirs having a capacity of about 4000 

 million gallons have been constructed, and the whole 

 scheme is estimated to cost 6,000,000. Birkenhead 

 draws its water from the river Alwen in North Wales, 

 and Stockport goes to Hayfield in Derbyshire. 



The towns we have mentioned are some of the largest 

 in our land, but if we had space we could show that 

 throughout the British Isles every effort is made to 

 secure a plentiful supply of good water to every person. 



16. INTERNAL COMMUNICATION (a) ROADS, 

 RAILWAYS, AND TRAMWAYS 



The internal trade of our country is carried on by 

 road, railway, and canal. Roads are not usually 

 employed for long-distance traffic, but are used to 

 distribute goods brought by rail, canal, or sea to the 

 nearest station or port. Roads, however, form a 

 primary element in the material advancement of a 

 nation, being necessary to the development of the natural 

 resources of the country. Although canals and railways 



