Figure 29. Soil removal – bucket by bucket, after the first rain, 26-10-2014
Figure 3. North side and NW corner of reservoir in 1905 photograph. The “draughted masonry” is exposed where the ancient coat of thick plaster (called opus signinum by Butler) has fallen off. The “coping of flat and well fitted slabs” is visible on top of the wall in the segment on the right.
Figure 57. Cleaned reservoir with clean water after the first rain, 19-11-2015. Photo by Muaffaq Hazza.
Figure 52. Mayor Hasan Fahed Rgaibeh starting power wash. 14-11-2015.
Figure 5. Dedication of USAID funded re-plastering of the reservoir: “Inception of the repair of this reservoir was on 22 December 1954; and completion was on 28 February, 1955. The writer of the line of text was Rakan Ibn Awdah es-Serour.” 10-21-2015.
Figure 11. Reservoir with residue of rain-supplied water from the winter of 2014-5, 19-9-2015.
Figure 33. NE corner 2. Full buckets ‘flew’ up rapidly, and mounds of soil accumulated. 1-11-2015.