tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post956408805251278204..comments2023-12-31T08:43:31.253+00:00Comments on British Water Tower Appreciation Society: Saturday Live - Jumbo EditionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-39360376313818111892013-01-26T21:45:53.377+00:002013-01-26T21:45:53.377+00:00Excellent radio! The link to the program on iPlaye...Excellent radio! The link to the program on iPlayer is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q7fjl The water tower item starts 25 minutes into the programme.<br /><br />The picturesque Arbroath water tower, mentioned in a <i>"tweet"</i> to the program, was built in 1885 on Keptie Hill, in the style of a medieval fortress. The tower built at a cost of about £8,000, opened in July 1886 and held 200,000 gallons of water in three tanks, some 21,000 gallons less than the earlier Jumbo was designed to hold, in it's single tank. Due to increasing demands for water, the Arbroath tower was made obsolete in 1908, when an alternative, more abundant supple was completed.<br /><br /><b><i>Ferrers</i></b>Pie Masterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com