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Description: | The Ornamental Lake was begun in January 1888 to create work for the unemployed. Two years later the work was unfinished and the Borough Council contracted the work out to bring it to a speedy conclusion. The lower west portion (seen in the postcard) had already filled with water. It was joined by the upper portion on the east side, with a waterfall constructed between the two. The first shape of this double lake was a fairly narrow crescent. Considerable alterations were made in the years before 1910. The lower lake was broadened to more than twice its original width, and a little island near the weir had formed. The lake had gained its present shape by 1933.
The postcard was issued by Joseph Welch and Sons of Mile End, Portsmouth. Our postcard (postmarked 31 January 1917) was probably printed in Belgium by their Trichromatic process, with soft shades of browns and greens predominating. The two figures bottom left appear to be superimposed by the printer. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | Southampton Common Lower Lake Ornamental Lake lake Common recreation | Temporal: | start=1905-01-01; end=1917-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Joseph Welch and Sons | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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