Cistern

The Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston, USA
” Built in 1926, it’s a former drinking water reservoir built for the City of Houston. As one of the city’s early underground reservoirs, it supported the municipal water system’s goals of fire suppression (water pressure) and drinking water storage. After operating for decades, an irreparable leak was discovered and after a few years, the reservoir was decommissioned in 2007.
SWA Landscape Architect Kevin Shanley first called the reservoir “the Cistern” because it reminded him of the ancient Roman cisterns under Istanbul. ”
8/16/2020 – Cy