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["Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

Apparently,

This was a plantation. They had a sugar cane factory. There were 200
or so slaves working it. I think that this was for drinking water. It
only takes water from one side of the roof. I bet there were more
cisterns than this one though, that's a lot of people drinking water.

Rob - Va

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 1:37 PM, bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> So, the rainwatwer from the roof of the house was enough for their water 
> needs?
>