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I’ve seen that in many old homes in the Champlain valley
Flat with clay soils and few streams, lots of livestock to muddy what streams and springs there were.
The less expensive homes had wood cisterns, those have mostly rotted and all that remains is a base in the cellar.
The largest I’ve seen was 8x12x8 feet deep and still held water.
I think they were common till electricity came. That was done by the REA as part of The New Deal in the late 1930s and it wasn’t complete till the 50s.
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