Water Temple, 2012 California



Located in the San Francisco Bay Area at Sunol, California, the temple was constructed in 1910 by the Spring Valley Water Company and modeled after the ancient Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, Italy from a design by Willis Polk. It was constructed atop the spot where three subterranean water sources converged: a pipe from the Arroyo de la Laguna, Alameda Creek, through the Sunol infiltration galleries, and a 30-inch pipeline from the artesian well field of Pleasanton, California.

The inscription reads: "I will make the wilderness a pool of water and the dry lands springs of water. [Isaiah 41:18b] The streams whereof shall make glad the city. [Psalms 46:4] S.V.W.C. MCMX [Spring Valley Water Company 1910]"

Printed on 140 lb HP Fabriano Aristrico from a Kodak TXP negative.

Thomas