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Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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f 160 feetfrom the ground, a huge tank, capable of contain-ing 6,000 gallons of water, which is always kei)tcharged; from this tank pipes are conveyed to allparts of the edifice, with hydrants and hose alwaysattached at every point of vantage, so that at thefirst alarm of fire one man would be able unaided 462 OLD AND NEW LONDON. (Westminster School. to turn on the water to any point of danger. Theentire cost of these works amounted to ;i^2,ooo. It is not generally known that soon after theReformation the Abbey very nearly shared the fateof Tintern, Glastonbury, Reading, Kirkstall, andMalmesbury. Pennant writes, When the Pro-tector, Somerset, ruled in the fulness of power. this sacred pile narrowly escaped a total demoli-tion. It was his design to have pulled it downto the ground, and to have applied the materialstowards the palace which he was then erectingin the Sti-and, known by the name of SomersetHouse. He was diverted from his design by abribe of not fewer than fourteen manors I
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