HC Deb 02 March 1883 vol 276 c1258
SIR EARDLEY WILMOT

asked the First Commissioner of Works, Why the brick arching of the new reservoir in Hyde Park has not been kept below the ground level?

MR. SHAW LEFEVRE

The reservoir which supplies some of the Public Offices with water is there, and every foot gained in height is of very great importance for the safety of those buildings. The ground, however, will be made to slope gradually towards it, and I think the reservoir will then be quite invisible.