Waterworks

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

One of the largest collections of intact Victorian-era waterworks equipment in the world.

This Victorian water wheel is affectionately nicknamed "Little Isabella."

This large artificial waterfall in Washington state was merely an incidental byproduct of a technological megaproject.

A drinking water fountain in the heart of Mumbai, built by a father in memory of his son.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

A picturesque example of brute-force engineering conquering nature.

These wooden pipes were crucial to providing water to Medieval Edinburgh.

The fragmented remains of a massive public bath connected to the city's water supply.

It's not quite as old as its Roman appearance suggests, but this piece of infrastructure served Guatemala City for centuries.

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

Marvel at this massive waterspout fueled by the incoming tide.

The location of Puerto Rico's first water bottling plant, thanks to a collaboration between Mother Nature and technology.

This Victorian footbridge over the River Tees was originally built to carry water from the high moorland to the industrial towns on the coast.