Digging deep - how were wells dug in the 1800s?
In case you've ever wondered how were wells dug in the 1800s, just think about spending weeks inside a cramped, wet hole in the ground with nothing at all but a short-handled shovel and a very real fear of the planet collapsing on top of you. It wasn't a job for the faint of coronary heart, and it definitely wasn't the quick afternoon project we might imagine today. Before the days of massive truck-mounted drills and high-tech sensors, progressing to clean water was a grueling, dangerous, and extremely low-tech procedure. ...