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"Onwards and Upwards"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-13382609429514068382019-09-26T20:41:00.000+01:002019-11-06T13:21:19.184+00:00B.W.T.A.S. @ Chelmsford Waterworks<h3>
<b>Essex Industrial Heritage Fair: Saturday, October 5<sup>th</sup> 2019</b></h3>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">Chelmsford Corporation Water Works, now Sandford Mill</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<p>Chelmsford Corporation purchased the Sandford Mill site (<i>a water powered corn mill</i>) in 1923 for their new waterworks. Water was taken from both the River Chelmer and a borehole, then treated before being pumped to Galleywood reservoir, where it was available to the city's inhabitants. The capacity of the waterworks was expanded in the 1950s with the construction of a new dedicated filter house and various pumping houses and storage tanks. Two million gallons of water a day could be treated at Sandford Mill when it was at it's peak. But by the 1980s, the waterworks at Sandford Mill had become redundant, replaced by the new larger waterworks nearby, that was able to pump more water.<sup><a href="#fn1" id="ref1">‡</a></sup></p>
<p>This is the venue for the <b>Essex Industrial Heritage Fair</b> on Saturday, October 5<sup>th</sup> 2019, and the British Water Tower Appreciation Society will be there! BWTAS has again teamed up with the local<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.savejumbo.org.uk/" target="_blank"> <u> Balkerne Tower Trust</u></a> in order to have a stand at this event. Entry and parking are both <b><u>Free</u>!!!</b> The <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVG-hrBKJK4XBQ5YIGDQMoa8cFDe2lbqcGXIkNE8ZW0Beqx7I0rOw5vJpfrH_fxjAOzTGaQ-KAg5ZbpQ9TG7T_LpN4Jq4rKp-OKIlywUk8t94mNNiPpiV7XEpB4FJR6qrPp4ZWJUsq8CN/s1600/IHF+2019+Poster+TC+V5.jpg" target="_blank"> <u>programme</u></a> for the event includes five talks and there will be around 20 societies with display stands. Directions to Sandford Mill may be found <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/museums/visit/sandford-mill/" target="_blank"> <u>here</u></a>. The event runs from 10:00am – 4:00 pm.</p>
<p>The BWTAS stand will have our new display boards and our new A3 information leaflets available… We will also have copies of “Water Towers of Britain”,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxCMKCJ5brWcwnBW4MNGzUuiHhivbEIfrQ5yuklYAvWc4QWObaNFDQY82FHVLZCQpHrt3au3Pn5XnM_eVLSczBK7ZRkeG1yXpO8_b8COZcKO5-UBHMr4NOgVhfTZxb4CRiBvhoUC92GxC/s1600/WTOB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxCMKCJ5brWcwnBW4MNGzUuiHhivbEIfrQ5yuklYAvWc4QWObaNFDQY82FHVLZCQpHrt3au3Pn5XnM_eVLSczBK7ZRkeG1yXpO8_b8COZcKO5-UBHMr4NOgVhfTZxb4CRiBvhoUC92GxC/s100/WTOB.jpg" /></a> by Society President, Dr. Barry Barton, for sale at £7·50. Also, Brian Light from Balkerne Tower Trust will have copies of his recently released book on <b>Jumbo</b> — Colchester's iconic water tower, for sale. <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>“It is an excellent publication – a cleverly balanced combination of the academic and the popular.”</i></span> Dr. D M J Barton.
<p>Pop along to say “Hi” and pick up a copy of our new leaflet and perhaps buy a book or two and solve those Christmas present problems… I'll be there to try to answer any water tower questions that you may have… and judging by the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://bwtas.blogspot.com/2017/10/essex-update.html" target="_blank"> <u>Basildon Fair in 2017</u></a> it'll be an informative and enjoyable day.</p>
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<p><i>Looking forward to seeing you there,</i>
<br><b><i>Ferrers</i></b></p>
<sup id="fn1">‡ Extract from Chelmsford City Museum <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/museums/news/sandford-mill-the-history/" target="_blank"> <u>Sandford Mill: The History</u></a><a href="#ref1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text."></sup> ↩</a>
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Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-59309232947445303412019-09-10T12:36:00.000+01:002019-09-10T12:36:52.315+01:00New Book: Jumbo — The Water Tower<p>BWTAS Committee member, Brian Light, has completed his book on Colchester's massive, iconic water tower, that he started writing, back in 2001.</p><p>The book, published by the Balkerne Tower Trust, tells the history of the Jumbo water tower, it also relates the story of Jumbo the elephant, describes the water tower era and a brief history of water supply. It is profusely illustrated with old drawings, documents and photographs.</p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">Author — Brian Light with his new book.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<h3>Book Launch:</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><b>"Jumbo – the Water Tower"<br />Opening by Sir Bob Russell<br />Red Lion Books, Colchester<br />11<sup>th</sup> September at 6:30 pm</b><br />(<i>Details: <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="http://www.redlionbooks.co.uk/events/event/author-talk-the-life-and-times-of-jumbo-colchesters-iconic-water-tower/" target="_blank"> <u>here</u></a></i>)</div>
<p>The launch will be followed by a short talk by the author on the origins of the book and why it is important for everyone concerned with Colchester’s local history and its most prominent landmark. All profits from the sale of the book will go towards a future restoration of Jumbo which preserves its architectural character, allows public access and provides ample historic interpretation of the famous tower.</p>
<p>After this event, the book will be available in Colchester, at Red Lion books, Waterstones and the Visitor Information Centre, price £9·99. Copies will also be available at the joint BWTAS/BTT stand at the Essex Industrial Heritage Fair, in Chelmsford on the 5<sup>th</sup> October.</p><p>Information regarding the Balkern Tower Trust may be found here: <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="http://www.savejumbo.org.uk/" target="_blank"> <u>www.savejumbo.org.uk</u></a>
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<b><i>Ferrers</i></b>
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Another chance for BWTAS members to visit...</h3>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">The tower before conversion… © Peter Loosley</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<p>Members last had the opportunity to visit this tower in Tiptree, back in August 2013: <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://bwtas.blogspot.com/2013/09/lots-to-see-at-tiptree.html" target="_blank"> <u><b>Lots to see at Tiptree…</b></u></a> when conversion of this unique tower, was in it's infancy. Now the conversion is complete and owner Jim Underwood has kindly offered us a return visit. The size of group is limited and it is only open to BWTAS <b><u>members</u></b>. The visit is scheduled for <b>11:00 a.m. on Sunday 8<sup>th</sup> September, 2019.</b> If you would like to visit this tower and meet up with fellow water tower enthusiasts, places <b>must</b> be booked, by contacting <a href="mailto:bwtas@hotmail.co.uk">bwtas@hotmail.co.uk</a></p>
<p>Following the visit, it is proposed that we adjourn to the Wilkin & Sons Ltd. <a href="http://www.trooms.com/goto.php?ref=y&sess=+A5E5146191D51+F18435A52+9+B581D1058+E+357+9+2501D1758&id=30&pg=Tiptree_Jam_Shop_and_Team_Room" style="color: #3333ff;" target="_blank"><u>Tea Room</u></a>, just over a mile away, to catch up and chat water towers etc. There is also a splendid museum and visitor centre there…</p>
<p>Tiptree water tower is located on the B1023, Kelvedon Road, just to the north of Tiptree, at <a href="http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=588643&Y=217147&A=Y&Z=115&ax=588643&ay=217147" style="color: #3333ff;" target="_blank"><b>TL 88643 17147</b></a>. For those with a Sat-Nav, the post code is: <b>CO5 0LX</b>. Driving directions may be obtained from Google <a href="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=+51.821097%2c0.735734&hl=en&sll=53.800651%2c-4.064941&sspn=12.530974%2c33.815918&t=h&z=17" style="color: #3333ff;" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>. Parking may be found on the industrial area by the tower, as you head out of Tiptree, take the road just past the tower on the same side.</p>
<p><b>Note:</b> The visit is entirely at your own risk. The owner or BWTAS cannot be held responsible for any accidents.</p>
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<b><i>Ferrers</i></b>
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<h3><b><span style="color: red;"> Note to members:</span></b></h3>
You should have received an e-mail notification of this visit. If you have <b>not</b>, it's either in your Spam, or we do not hold a current e-mail address for you. If the latter, please e-mail us at <a href="mailto:bwtas@hotmail.co.uk">bwtas@hotmail.co.uk</a> regardless of whether you intend to come on this visit, so we can update our list and keep you informed.
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<p>While this blog has been rather quiet of late, there has been a lot of activity going on in the background… We held our committee meeting in Wenhaston, back in January, to plan the year ahead and following that, a second follow up meeting took place in Halesworth to review progress and further flesh out our programme and advance other projects. This has resulted in rather more work than originally envisaged!</p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">One of the projects being undertaken…</span></div>
<p>A BWTAS weekend excursion is planned around 'water' — the proposal is to include a walk along the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/inspiration/blog/read/2017/02/recommended-walk-cromford-canal-b30" target="_blank"> <u>Cromford canal</u></a> and a visit to the Victorian <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="http://www.papplewickpumpingstation.org.uk/" target="_blank"> <u>Papplewick Pumping Station</u></a>. While in the area, the plan is to take in nearby water towers — not just the public supply towers, but including those at public attractions such as <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/rufford-abbey/" target="_blank"> <u>Rufford Abbey</u></a> or <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/countryside/countryside-sites/country-parks-and-visitor-centres/shipley/shipley-country-park.aspx" target="_blank"> <u>Shipley Hall</u></a>… <b>40</b> potential locations have been investigated<b>!</b> All this has taken rather longer than anticipated and now, may possibly be held over for next year.</p>
<p>A day out for members was also proposed and we are planning to go to Tiptree water tower next month. We last visited in August 2013: <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://bwtas.blogspot.com/2013/09/lots-to-see-at-tiptree.html" target="_blank"> <u><b>Lots to see at Tiptree…</b></u></a> when conversion of this 1933, brick water tower (<i>one of the last to be built</i>) had only just commenced. Conversion is now complete and we have been invited back. Members will be getting an e-mail shortly and details will also be posted here too.</p>
<p>The BWTAS display boards were showing their age, so new light weight boards have been designed and produced. Additionally, since the supply of Nat's <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.ice.org.uk/ICEDevelopmentWebPortal/media/Documents/Disciplines%20and%20Resources/Information%20Sheets/Water-Towers-of-East-Anglia.pdf" target="_blank"> <u>water tower leaflet</u></a> has been exhausted, a new A3, BWTAS leaflet has now been designed and printed. The display boards and leaflets had their first public outing on 8<sup>th</sup> June, at the East of England Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference:
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Not only did we bring BWTAS to people's attention, we also bolstered the society's funds by selling copies of Dr. Barry Barton's “Water Towers of Britain”. BWTAS's next public event is at the Essex Industrial Heritage Fair in Chelmsford, on the 5<sup>th</sup> October. It would be nice to see you there.</p>
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After much deliberation, the Victorian "Jumbo" water tower in Colchester was chosen as the most suited to be made into a card model, that could be distributed in kit form. Much work was undertaken by Mark Beesley to produce the Mk. I kit, that was then built by the committee members to prove it's feasibility — the results can be seen in the first image, <i>above</i>. As if that wasn't enough, BWTAS committee member, Brian Light has been writing a book on the history of this tower and is due to be launched next month.</p>
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Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-71942465393593684112019-05-14T20:42:00.000+01:002019-05-14T20:50:17.085+01:00A Visit to Delft…<p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTd5JraVHhclKmAPlLB87rt826Zvo2w1QkLCGXiKK-SN6D5tGhedbT92s773vcaDlJJDMQp28E3heft3C9pfHihazkgIXdmVQFauzIk23fnJLerobaFx4_QkdNrPfl9wLbSRDnWqbJiaNJ/s1600/Delft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTd5JraVHhclKmAPlLB87rt826Zvo2w1QkLCGXiKK-SN6D5tGhedbT92s773vcaDlJJDMQp28E3heft3C9pfHihazkgIXdmVQFauzIk23fnJLerobaFx4_QkdNrPfl9wLbSRDnWqbJiaNJ/s1600/Delft.jpg"width="540" height="736" data-original-width="1174" data-original-height="1600" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">© Photograph Copyright Wil Harvey</span></div></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>When BWTAS Chairman Wil Harvey was visiting the Netherlands, he of course kept his eye open for any interesting water towers. The above tower was spotted in Delft and convieniently it had a plaque on it,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75CovgGJ3RcjDMt6tnfrvDvJajzwNTI5GB6QG8brdH1a793goS0bpdY2p46sYmTuxMA4lPWBwSkh3KgEV6XG-LUY_i1EUyFcRXqbDOX1NJBpm12M5Y4US5LcwwEYdnDn8ZSRgIko4k9-m/s1600/Delft_z+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 1em; "><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75CovgGJ3RcjDMt6tnfrvDvJajzwNTI5GB6QG8brdH1a793goS0bpdY2p46sYmTuxMA4lPWBwSkh3KgEV6XG-LUY_i1EUyFcRXqbDOX1NJBpm12M5Y4US5LcwwEYdnDn8ZSRgIko4k9-m/s200/Delft_z+copy.jpg" width="200" height="150" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a> informing us that this Watertoren was built in 1895 and contained 600,000 litres (132,000 gallons). It gave the architect as M.A.C. Hartman.</p>
<p>Further investigation located this tower in the center of Delft at <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%C2%B001'00.4%22N+4%C2%B021'04.0%22E/@52.0167713,4.3500232,483m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d52.016768!4d4.351118" target="_blank"> <u><b>52.01677,4.35112</b></u></a> and it's up for sale for € 675,000! The tower was converted in 2008 to provide a multifunctional, hospitality and conference space of approximately 300 m<sup>2</sup> (3,230 sq ft) that may be hired: <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://dewatertoren.eu/" target="_blank"> <u>http://dewatertoren.eu/</u></a></p>
<p>The tower 29 m (95 ft.) high and 11 m (36 ft.) in diameter, was commissioned by the municipal water supply company and built by Delft contractor G.B. Luken. One of the most interesting aspects of this tower, is that it contained an Intze 2 type tank, with a double-curved bottom, formed from curved, riveted steel plates.</p></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">Diagram of an Intze 2 tank from Wikipedia<br />By <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Barghaan" class="extiw" title="de:Benutzer:Barghaan">Uwe Barghaan</a>, SVG version by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Zirguezi" title="User:Zirguezi">Zirguezi</a> - <span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0" title="Creative Commons Attribution 3.0">CC BY 3.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47525937">Link</a></span></div></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>The tank in the Delft tower has a cylindrical shaft in the middle, so that the round penthouse on the tower roof may be accessed by a twisting steel staircase. The load-bearing masonry tower incorporates iron beams and also has some decorative wrought-iron work. The roof is of concrete reinforced by iron <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><b>I</b></span>-beams.</p>
<p>In 1908 the tower was given a concrete intermediate floor. A pump house, in the same style as the water tower, was added in 1918–1919 along with an underground reservoir of around 2,000 m<sup>3</sup> (440,000 gals.).</p>
<p>While researching this tower, I delved into our archives and found this image of a nearby water tower:</p></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">Rijndijk water tower © Copyright Peter Loosely</span></div></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>The above photograph was one from the collection of photographs kindly donated to BWTAS by Peter Loosely (<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://bwtas.blogspot.com/2016/11/a-water-tower-windfall.html" target="_blank"><u>A Water Tower Windfall!!</u></a>).</p>
<p>This later water tower, stands on the Rijswijk border with Delft, in the hamlet of Het Haantje at <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%C2%B001'28.0%22N+4%C2%B020'45.7%22E/@52.024456,4.343833,956m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d52.024456!4d4.346027" target="_blank"> <u><b>52.02446,4.34603</b></u></a>. This tower was constructed in 1911 for the municipality of Hof van Delft (<i>abolished in 1920</i>) for the supply of water to Hof van Delft and part of Rijswijk. The tower was designed by architect N. Biezeveld and is constructed in reinforced concrete. The tower is approximately 29·3 meters (96 feet) high and contains a 200 m<sup>3</sup> (44,000 gal.) tank. Beneath the tank we can see the cylindrical shaft in an openwork, tapered support structure. What is not shown in the photograph, is that beneath this, is a square substructure that measures approximately 7·5 by 7·5 m (24½ × 24½ ft.) with a height of 5·5 m (16½ ft.).</p>
<p>The tower is no longer in service and the municipality of Rijswijk granted a permit to convert it into a residential home, in October 2008. The owner elected to only convert the lower substructure, preserving much of the water tower, including pipework. Conversion and renovation started in August 2009.</p>
<p>And finally, yet another water tower in the vicinity:</p></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">Image from Google Maps Street View, August 2014</span></div></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>This small iron ‘water tower’ in Rijswijk is located at <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%C2%B002'25.8%22N+4%C2%B017'33.2%22E/@52.040499,4.290365,955m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d52.040499!4d4.292559" target="_blank"> <u><b>52.0405,4.29256</b></u></a>. This iron box on legs, originally stood at a greenhouse horticulture company, to provide water to the crops in the greenhouses. Now it is retained as a monument.</p></div>
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<p>The BWTAS committee are meeting in January to plan the year ahead and members are most welcome to join us. We will be meeting at the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="http://wenhaston.onesuffolk.net/wenhaston-village-hall/" target="_blank"> <u>Wenhaston Village Hall</u></a> Café, that is on the corner of Hall Road & Narrow Way, <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=642595&y=275435&z=106&sv=642595,275435&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=883&ax=642595&ay=275435&lm=0" target="_blank"> <u>Wenhaston</u></a>, <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=642595&y=275435&z=106&sv=642595,275435&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=883&ax=642595&ay=275435&lm=0" target="_blank"> <u>IP19 9EQ</u></a>. Post meeting, we plan to adjourn to the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="http://www.wenhastonstar.co.uk/index.html" target="_blank"> <u>Star Inn</u></a> (⅓<sup>rd</sup> mile down the road) for lunch. This is where the society was <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://bwtas.blogspot.com/2008/07/intoduction.html" target="_blank"> <u>formed</u></a> in May 2006. It would be really nice to see members, or if you haven't yet joined, come along and sign up — it's only £5 for life membership and perhaps pick up a <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://bwtas.blogspot.com/2017/06/new-bwtas-mugs-now-available.html" target="_blank"> <u>mug</u></a> or <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://bwtas.blogspot.com/2015/10/bwtas-braintree-saturday-12th-october.html" target="_blank"> <u>book</u></a> and save P&P. If you cannot make it in person, but have any ideas that you would like us to explore, then please e-mail us at <a href="mailto:bwtas@hotmail.co.uk?subject=BWTAS%20Planning%20suggestion">bwtas@hotmail.co.uk</a>. Unfortunately, due to security, it is almost impossible to visit a working water tower.</p> </div>
<b><i>Wil Harvey</i></b>
<br />Chairman
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Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0Narrow Way, Halesworth IP19 9EQ, UK52.323331385313118 1.558536493377687352.304445385313116 1.5036049933776874 52.34221738531312 1.6134679933776872tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-78088868655829620092018-10-28T18:29:00.000+00:002018-10-28T19:34:06.504+00:00Footit Peek, Guernsey (1890s)<p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqIftiAdWK-XxwkbneN_ukzi1HesxOMjZg_YppKVLARLby4xE5P9UjlNwOeVBoHiXqpFV4RB8EYXtI7otzNs8aYV7Kqqj5odsZJuadv7vOsF3kel8dCcItEU_rf211InUvsoMFbllE-th/s1600/Footit01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqIftiAdWK-XxwkbneN_ukzi1HesxOMjZg_YppKVLARLby4xE5P9UjlNwOeVBoHiXqpFV4RB8EYXtI7otzNs8aYV7Kqqj5odsZJuadv7vOsF3kel8dCcItEU_rf211InUvsoMFbllE-th/s1600/Footit01.jpg" data-original-width="292" data-original-height="357" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">© Photograph Copyright Dr Carmen Wheatley</span></div></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>Located at <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/49%C2%B028'45.7%22N+2%C2%B031'43.6%22W/@49.4793363,-2.5286744,256m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d49.479359!4d-2.528773" target="_blank"> <u>N 49.479359° W 2.528773</u>°</a>, in the top corner of the St Clair vinery<sup><a href="#fn1" id="ref1">1</a></sup> meadows, on Delancey Hill. This is the only decorated Victorian water tower in Guernsey! Built by Gervase Footit Peek, founder of the Guernsey Press (builder of most of the 19th century vineries in the North part of the island) it is believed that the water tower was built in the 1890s.</p>
<p>The tower was intended to supply the vinery, but it may well also have been used for various households nearby. However, there are an abundance of private wells in the area, as there once were in the nearby Park.</p>
<p>The tower is in a field adjoining Dr Wheatley’s garden — once the home of Footit Peek — and part of the property. With guidance from Guernsey architectural historian, John McCormack, an expert in Channel Islands walls and houses, Dr Wheatley has had the south and east sides restored. The obscuring lime render on the East side has been chiselled away to reveal alternating bands of Cobo Bay pink granite and grey Guernsey granite. The cast iron tank was sandblasted clean and painted in various shades of historic Farrow and Ball off white paints.</p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">© Photograph Copyright Dr Carmen Wheatley</span></div>
<p>The water source for this tower is not directly beneath it, but from a water reservoir far down the steep hill, below an escarpment, at a place called Waters Rocque, which is at a considerable distance from the vinery. Thus the Tower and area must contain a veritable underground marvel of Victorian hydraulic engineering!!</p>
<p>The Delancey Conservation Committee would like to have this unique water tower registered by Guernsey planners, as a local industrial architectural Monument — there is nothing else like this on Guernsey in this genre. The St Clair Vinery is a Conservation Area — it is an ecological, green and productive space.</p></div>
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<sup id="fn1">1. The term <b>vinery</b> has been used to describe Guernsey's many acres of glasshouses, since the growing industry began in the latter half of the 19th century with production of grapes, melons, figs, peaches and other exotic fruit for the Victorian dinner table.<a href="#ref1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text.">↩</a></sup>
<p>Information kindly supplied by:</p>
<b><i>Dr Carmen Wheatley<br>Delancey Conservation Committee</i></b></p>
Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-79898609066617312302018-09-26T15:23:00.000+01:002018-09-29T15:26:21.136+01:00Dunkeswell, Devon (1989)<p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7Ij4NGM0dCxsghZWe2_mefo6j_EEPpBtWq7zEwjgasrh1yLycd8ORlv99lrC0exOQtGVVW82CpqhHOeg4Oj0WUH2I8H8bl0KIn_EEgjF4vXhUXBLgvY23REzHDwhu0pHra71cEz6pyIV/s1600/Dunkeswell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7Ij4NGM0dCxsghZWe2_mefo6j_EEPpBtWq7zEwjgasrh1yLycd8ORlv99lrC0exOQtGVVW82CpqhHOeg4Oj0WUH2I8H8bl0KIn_EEgjF4vXhUXBLgvY23REzHDwhu0pHra71cEz6pyIV/s1600/Dunkeswell.jpg"width="540" height="643" data-original-width="1213" data-original-height="1445" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">© Photograph Copyright Brian Light</span></div></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>The above photograph was sent to me by fellow BWTAS committee member, Brian Light, while on holiday. Brian thought this was a rather unusual water tower, looking more like a grain silo, however the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrO53zlr3ZrJ7b8fdtyGlrIr9NpTe8ed47YnmU8W-YPxvpVU0U3HB1sQ1sG70QD17XnPxmvzQcOa16RPChhdLyQULiCfq-9ClzvQxoiO8uHZvcmUJ1iRdtENRBBKdHCabZodQnGIabmBGE/s1600/Dunkeswell+Sinage.jpg" target="_blank"> <u>sinage</u></a> clearly indicated that it was a water tower. This water tower is indeed unusual, as like many, it has two tanks, but unusually in this instance, they are located one above the other, in a 'double decker' arrangement. Normally a tower will contain two tanks at the same level, that usually work in tandem. This enables one to be drained down for cleaning, while still maintaining supply from the other, during less demanding periods. This 120,000 gallon tower, built in 1989 stands at O.S. Grid Ref. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/50%C2%B050'44.4%22N+3%C2%B013'51.1%22W/@50.8456763,-3.2330491,992m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d50.8456729!4d-3.2308604" target="_blank"> <u>ST 13440 05850</u></a>.</p></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>Two other towers in Britain were also known to share this <i>oddity</i>, of having 'double decker' tanks:— The 510,000 gallon <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://water-towers-of-glasgow.viewbook.com/album/priesthill.html" target="_blank"> <u>Priesthill tower</u></a> in Glasgow, built in 1950, it had a 450,000 gallon tank, 22 feet above ground level and a second 60,000 gallon tank supported on a 3 × 4 array of columns on top of the lower tank, giving it an elevation of 52 feet above ground. The tower was demolished in the late 1990s — it stood at O.S. Grid Ref. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/252962/660313/13/101329" target="_blank"> <u>NS 52962 60313</u></a>. The other tower, was Ormskirk's <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.francisfrith.com/ormskirk/ormskirk-the-victoria-water-tower-greetby-hill-c1955_o22033" target="_blank"> <u>Victoria Tower</u></a>, built in 1897, by the Rural District of Lathom and Burscough.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-xGb_ktpFzkpB_ExZ-FQ7bfh1vvF8j21CYyrReWY00KPxX2LsnJf94DdIdCCGFgkfqEACmnEl0SndwQtchQbb-9aM-PBpbKbgVbZPQf_6NWLIQ6OiVwJR8FnjWQVE-f_Qt2N767K0xLA/s1600/Victoria+Tower_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-xGb_ktpFzkpB_ExZ-FQ7bfh1vvF8j21CYyrReWY00KPxX2LsnJf94DdIdCCGFgkfqEACmnEl0SndwQtchQbb-9aM-PBpbKbgVbZPQf_6NWLIQ6OiVwJR8FnjWQVE-f_Qt2N767K0xLA/s200/Victoria+Tower_z.jpg" width="151" height="180" data-original-width="1343" data-original-height="1600" /></a> The square plan tower built of sandstone supports a lower tank of 80,000 gallons, approximately 62 feet high with, a top water level of 242 feet above ordnance datum. This is surmounted by a smaller tank on a square sandstone tower of 17,000 gallons, approximately 99 feet high with a top water level of 283 feet above ordnance datum. The tower became redundant when the new <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://bwtas.blogspot.com/2012/11/ormskirks-water-towers.html" target="_blank"> <u>tower at Scarth Hill</u></a> was built. Due to the rapid deterioration of the structure, the tower was demolished in the early 1980s — it stood at O.S. Grid Ref. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/342379/408612/12/100954" target="_blank"> <u>SD 42379 08612</u></a>.</p></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>The practice of having multiple tanks stacked vertically, is much more common in other European countries — such as the Sternschanzen tower in Hamburg, Germany, featured <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://bwtas.blogspot.com/2009/04/sternschanze-hamburg-germany-1910.html" target="_blank"> <u>previously in this blog</u>.</a></p></div><p>
<b><i>Ferrers</i></b></p>
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https://water-towers-of-glasgow.viewbook.com/album/priesthill.html -->Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-73498707168152937722018-08-01T11:31:00.000+01:002019-05-13T21:50:08.095+01:00History Repeating Itself…<p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjV4ndM_ijSO0YHsc00l3Gjt6T3o5V3rE-WDZIF76sDvD4rCV6CawwN8341uZkTbEsTKPO9KgWYlaNi6NwRArQ-wJ9x8QajrgMtnD3nNlv4mxM4L3o7Dg__JpqZwvMBcAGJH1CSy8nePQY/s1600/A221+Nigeria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjV4ndM_ijSO0YHsc00l3Gjt6T3o5V3rE-WDZIF76sDvD4rCV6CawwN8341uZkTbEsTKPO9KgWYlaNi6NwRArQ-wJ9x8QajrgMtnD3nNlv4mxM4L3o7Dg__JpqZwvMBcAGJH1CSy8nePQY/s1600/A221+Nigeria.jpg"width="540" height="392" data-original-width="1350" data-original-height="981" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">© Photograph Copyright Peter Loosely</span></div></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>The above picture has the note: "<b>Water tower construction — Nigeria (tower collapsed when filled with water)</b>". Another picture <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-u1vfKyuympbOqI2ql6wPjSSDpYW09ruWI3oRsvO9KPffxDTHh2V-PoSR8CNxcu6z3-4L58jWX7veKxma1USEcibhAJP4tCbgg_ZXiXWHMZLilYUyF2rtNRD4iZduBEZutZEMsFqrbknH/s1600/A221a+Nigeria.jpg" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a> and <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-vVFEIhJUgud7_IuhgGSfURlKV8vg9LJHL2xCTgHKLRiGPcmrjW08-iV1w2kVJXJjPi7lt5FSOQsNTq0jBWMOpcFPE67fBJqbym5IhfQBe9PwIA-iraBhtPUAnLEPyOFG0OjsZbMSaMa/s1600/A221b+Nigeria.jpg" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>.</p>
<p>I came across this photograph, that I think was probably taken in the 1980s, when scanning some of the vast collection of photographs donated to BWTAS by Peter Loosely (<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://bwtas.blogspot.com/2016/11/a-water-tower-windfall.html" target="_blank"><u>A Water Tower Windfall!!</u></a>). This reminded me of a similar collapse that happened here in the UK, back in the 1900s in Witney, Oxfordshire:</p></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">Copy of 1904 Postcard sent in by BWTAS member Keith Taylor</span></div></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>The tower was built by Witney council, at it's water works in 1903, at a cost of £6,000. A few months after the tower was operational, the cast iron panels burst. The postcard has on the reverse, a poem that appeared in the Witney Gazette, February 27<sup>th</sup> 1904:</p></div>
<div style="text-align: center; font-size: 115%;"><b>"The Bursting of the tank"</b><br><i>Water tower,<br>Tank on top,<br>Filled with water,<br>Went off pop.<p>Sudden strain,<br>Sides bent,<br>Consequently<br>Big rent.<p>Losing water,<br>Quite a crock,<br>To the Council,<br>Quite a shock.<p>Great sensation,<br>Council run,<br>And people too,<br>To see the fun (?)<p>Poor little Lamb,<br>With names below,<br>So proudly raised,<br>Dishonoured so.<p>"It's not our fault,"<br>Perhaps they'll say,<br>But who will have<br>To pay, pay, pay?</i></div>
<p>Following the collapse, a new tank was installed but that suffered a similar fate in 1905:
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">Copy of 1905 Postcard sent in by BWTAS member Keith Taylor</span></div></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>This second postcard has on the back, a hand written comment: "<i>Gone again. Looks a wreck doesn't it</i>". The post mark is 22<sup>nd</sup> July 1905.</p>
<p>When the tower was built, it was reported that it required over 90,000 bricks and it's capacity was 80,000 gallons. It is interesting to note that the capacity is cited in "Return as to Water Undertakings in England and Wales." Return to an Order of The House of Commons, 24 November 1910, as only 60,0000 gallons — presumably, it was decided to be less ambitious and a smaller capacity tank was installed, with subsequent reduced lateral pressures to cope with. The tower was supplied from a deep well and pumping station at Apley Barn. The water tower was never able to supply enough water for the growing needs of the town, it served until it became redundant with the opening of the Worsham waterworks, which we believe was in 1937. The tower was then demolished around 1938. It stood on what was then known as Union Hill, at O.S. Grid Ref. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/434471/210231/12/101122" target="_blank"> <u>SP 34471 10231</u></a>.</p></div>
<p><b><i>Ferrers</i></b></p>Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-20720054385654548122017-10-09T12:34:00.000+01:002017-10-09T12:34:19.113+01:00Essex Update…<p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YYCoKvUfrst7lx43ay9oJ0MVO2HzpaED9aY_lzm1x3yFdl458uJtIxFciJSzh3o1RN4LzvKg34LCg84UpWbPo6s5mdpO1RH9EnysvxAyCQ9KsKil-xsj8x3NnyMXtRTDSS1hqEoTRV70/s1600/IMG_0849.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YYCoKvUfrst7lx43ay9oJ0MVO2HzpaED9aY_lzm1x3yFdl458uJtIxFciJSzh3o1RN4LzvKg34LCg84UpWbPo6s5mdpO1RH9EnysvxAyCQ9KsKil-xsj8x3NnyMXtRTDSS1hqEoTRV70/s1600/IMG_0849.JPG"width="540" height="382" data-original-width="2199" data-original-height="1557" /></a></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>The big news is, at last, there seems to be a bright future for Colchester's "Jumbo" water tower. Brian Light of the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.savejumbo.org.uk/" target="_blank"> <u> Balkerne Tower Trust</u></a> was able to update folk at the Essex Industrial Heritage Fair, with the latest news: The Colchester and North East Essex Building Preservation Trust have reached an agreement with the owner of Jumbo, on a way forward to preserve the tower, as reported in the Colchester <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/15573114.__3million_Jumbo_plans_move_a_step_forward_after_agreement_between_owner_and_building_trust/" target="_blank"> <u>Gazette</u></a>.</p>
<p>Meanwhile the British Water Tower Appreciation Society was able to provide some information on other water towers. But the information flow was not all one way — we were alerted to a large estate water tower, that until now had escaped our radar: Theobalds House, off the A10. This now needs to be researched… Additionally, we learnt that the now demolished, reinforced concrete water tower at Ripper's Joinary (<i>seen <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW025969" target="_blank"> <u>here</u></a> at the top of the photo, in 1929</i>) not only supplied the works, but about 100 workers cottages — so now has to be recorded under "Public Water Supply" as well as "industrial". We also learnt of the tower that pre-dated the concrete one.</p></div>
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<p>All in all, an informative and enjoyable day,<br><b><i>Ferrers</i></b></p>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>The British Water Tower Appreciation Society will have a presence at the <b>Essex Industrial Heritage Fair</b> just South of Basildon, this coming Saturday. BWTAS has teamed up with the local<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.savejumbo.org.uk/" target="_blank"> <u> Balkerne Tower Trust</u></a> in order to have a stand at this event, hosted by the Essex Industrial Archaeology Group. Entry and parking are both <b>Free</b>!!! The <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://www.wattylercountrypark.org.uk/" target="_blank"> <u>Wat Tyler Country Park</u></a> also offers: 125 acres of stunning parkland, a comfortable café offering a wide range of refreshments and
amenities for a great family day out…</p>
<p>BWTAS will have copies of the definitive book on UK water towers: “Water Towers of Britain”,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxCMKCJ5brWcwnBW4MNGzUuiHhivbEIfrQ5yuklYAvWc4QWObaNFDQY82FHVLZCQpHrt3au3Pn5XnM_eVLSczBK7ZRkeG1yXpO8_b8COZcKO5-UBHMr4NOgVhfTZxb4CRiBvhoUC92GxC/s1600/WTOB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxCMKCJ5brWcwnBW4MNGzUuiHhivbEIfrQ5yuklYAvWc4QWObaNFDQY82FHVLZCQpHrt3au3Pn5XnM_eVLSczBK7ZRkeG1yXpO8_b8COZcKO5-UBHMr4NOgVhfTZxb4CRiBvhoUC92GxC/s100/WTOB.jpg" /></a> by Society President, Dr. Barry Barton, for sale at a heavily discounted price (<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://newcomen.com/?page_id=584" target="_blank"><u><i>synopsis</i></u></a>). Also for sale will be the new BWTAS <a href="http://bwtas.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/new-bwtas-mugs-now-available.html" style="color: #3333ff;" target="_blank"><u>mugs</u></a>. I'll be there along with fellow committee member Brian Light and our Chairman Wil Harvey, to try to answer any water tower questions that you have…</p></div>
<p><i>We hope to see you there,</i><br><b><i>Ferrers</i></b></p>Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-10207551766242161672017-08-26T20:56:00.000+01:002017-09-03T16:39:04.138+01:00Knapton Lights
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>This stunning image was sent in by BWTAS member, <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="http://bwtas.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/stunning-water-tower-photographs-to-go.html" target="_blank"> <u>Carys O'Brien</u></a> — Laser lights illuminated Knapton’s landmark water tower with the words "Trunchonbury Festival" (<i>they have a very nice <a style="color: #3333ff;"; href="http://www.trunchonburyfestival.com/history" target="_blank"> <u>web site</u></a></i>). The original image is a massive 4096 × 2304 pixels and makes excellent "wallpaper" for your computer's Desktop — click <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/h6bftott337p6d1/Knapton_at_Night.jpg?dl=0" target="_blank"> <u>this link</u></a> to access the full size image.</p>
<p>The Knapton tower was built about 1957 and holds 75,000 gallons of water, with the top water level being 194 ft. above Ordnance Datum (55 ft. above ground level). The tower is loacted at <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255)"; href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.8549445,1.4198318,488m/data=!3m1!1e3?dcr=0" target="_blank"> <u>TG 30348 34069</u></a>.</div><p><b><i>Ferrers</i></b></p>
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<p>A redesigned BWTAS mug is now available! This time, it not only features the BWTAS logo, but also a unique work of art — the stunning interpretation of a London water tower – 'Ladbroke Lady' by Suffolk artist <a href="http://www.clarejohnson.co.uk/" style="color: #3333ff;" target="_blank"><u>Clare Johnson</u></a>. The mugs are available in two sizes: Bone china (8 fl oz) or the larger (10 fl oz) enamel mug. These new mugs are only available direct from BWTAS for only <b>£5·00 + £2·90 p&p</b> (<i>for up to 3 mugs</i>). These are sure to sell quickly, if sales of our <a href="http://bwtas.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/merchandise.html" style="color: #3333ff;" target="_blank"><u>original mug</u></a> are to go by, so get ahead of the game and get your Christmas gifts now. Orders with cheque made out to BWTAS please, to <b>BWTAS, Green Gables, The Street, Wenhaston, Suffolk IP19 9DP.</b></p></div>
<b><i>Wil Harvey</i></b>
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<p>Britain's second water tower to utilise prestressed reinforced concrete! Pre-stressed concrete was first used in this country for water tower construction back in 1953, for the small Meare tower in Somerset, which we featured here in <a href="http://bwtas.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/meare-somerset-1953.html" style="color: #3333ff;" target="_blank"><u>February, 2009</u></a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUEQriEe-h4ZuwEyOZzPF9I5RgpcRj8Nw0tccquzDIwHpnAuQU-U-6YU7gHcp7dSMzaM3pjOvLGSiv6z1khs4QFy5tITGy8gvl63qqAyG3bfwx6Mv2RvBLi4vnb8x-GicdisLFdJdYAPT/s1600/Manton_Sml2.jpg" target="_blank" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUEQriEe-h4ZuwEyOZzPF9I5RgpcRj8Nw0tccquzDIwHpnAuQU-U-6YU7gHcp7dSMzaM3pjOvLGSiv6z1khs4QFy5tITGy8gvl63qqAyG3bfwx6Mv2RvBLi4vnb8x-GicdisLFdJdYAPT/s1600/Manton_Sml2.jpg" width="250"></a> Like the earlier tower, the Manton tower completed some eight years later, again only uses pre-stressed concrete for the tank, that has a capacity of 300,000 gallons. It's supporting cylindrical service shaft is of regular reinforced concrete. The tower was built for the Higham Ferrers & Rushden Water Board and can be seen under construction in the image on the right, reproduced with the kind permission of <a href="http://www.concrete.org.uk/" style="color: #3333ff;" target="_blank"><u>The Concrete Society</u></a>.</p>
<p>The tower is located at <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/52%C2%B017'23.3%22N+0%C2%B037'16.9%22W/@52.2897766,-0.6214565,246m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d52.289815!4d-0.621352" style="color: #3333ff;" target="_blank"><u><b>SP 94130 66637</b></u></a> and the above image was the only full tower shot I could get, unlike this <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33196307@N02/3356437201/in/set-72157616581947977" style="color: #3333ff;" target="_blank"><u>rather beter photograph</u></a>, where the photographer looks to have had access to a neighbouring property.</div>
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Skyline
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Tree leaning on
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Old side view
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">© Photograph Copyright Martin Tomlinson</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>BWTAS was recently contacted by Martin Tomlinson, who kindly provided information and images of the Lathockar water tower — a tower until then, unknown to BWTAS. Martin had supplied <b>St Andrews in focus</b> magazine, with an article back in July 2013, when the tower was surrounded by trees. An extract that is reproduced here:</p>
<p><i>The water tower was built over 100 years ago and was erected to provide water to the Lathockar Estate when the manor house existed. The water was provided by a hydraulic ram from Cameron Burn behind Cameron Village Hall, which is still there. Prior to the water tower being built, water was taken manually from Cameron Burn to the manor house. The lady, named Christy Scott, who provided the water lived in a now derelict cottage named Hazelden Cotton in the woods behind Cameron Village Hall.</i></p>
<p>The water tower and the manor house can clearly be seen on a <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"href="https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/348927/710889/12/100626" target="_blank"> <u>map from 1894</u></a>. During WWII a Prisoner of War camp was constructed to the south of the tower, the buildings are still there. The article continues:</p>
<p><i>After the war, one of the ex prisoners, of the prisoner of war camp behind the tower, from eastern Europe returned to Fife and searched for the tower. Johnny Paul saw this man twice on the roads at Dunino and at Balone. The man also spoke to the foresters wife at Cameron and asked for directions to the tower. A forester used to check the water level periodically in the water tower and on the same day went into the tower and noticed a man there. He spoke to the man who didn’t answer. The forester noticed that the man’s feet were not on the floor. The man had committed suicide by hanging himself in the tower. Apparently the man had travelled from eastern Europe for this sole purpose.</i></p>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">© Photograph Copyright Martin Tomlinson</span></div>
<p>Now the tower is a marvellous feature on the skyline, restored to its original glory by <b>Nivens</b> — the developer who is building 13 houses on the site. "Well done" we say, for understanding the heritage of the tower. Prior to this intervention, the tower was in very poor shape with trees encroaching, some fallen on to it and threatened with demolition! This is despite the water tower being registered as an Ancient and Historical Monument — see <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"href="https://canmore.org.uk/site/204119/lathockar" target="_blank"> <u>here</u></a>.</p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">© Photograph Copyright Martin Tomlinson</span></div>
<p>Click on pictures for a larger image… The tower is located at <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"href="http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=348927&y=710889&z=0&sv=NO+48927+10889&st=5&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf" target="_blank"> <u>NO 48927 10889</u></a>.</p></div><p><b><i>Ferrers</i></b></p>Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-51175683441475085742016-12-28T09:27:00.001+00:002016-12-28T09:27:33.769+00:00Suffolk Water Tower under construction in 1953<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stradbrokearchive.org.uk/gsa/items/show/687" target="_blank" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR238pfPe5c35fBk-CocyRz2IvoUr4-frD3pxk-BYvgGaqynno0x2ScUrcs4SqerfoAcoPU-gYotBqiA6q3rgMd0RPKyAGnxRsvVESUHJt9lUQQVQVy0x0DMgHrwAEeqeGodBQGnZ4n6Ri/s640/SomewhereinSuffolk1953.jpg" width="540" height="494" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 85%;">© Copyright Michael Smith and Linda Woodward, reproduced by kind permission of SARA Strabroke Village Archive</span></div>
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<p>The above image was taken by the prolific photographer Geoffrey Smith in 1953. Much of his work has been made available by the Stradbroke Archive & Record Association on their <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"href="http://www.stradbrokearchive.org.uk/gsa/" target="_blank"> <u>web site</u></a>. Unfortunately we don't know which water tower it is being built — it was labelled “Fressingfield Water Tower 1953”.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEQ9omqkdVJ8eKgV65dGrS_J8abPihirwNukCn3-I5vNv3sAYz1nEA72QKf8s1p6GPSOKv3QQ89bXhQLpzvuXAgiGUDQRPUF1_dkaNprN62M7DRD9g2BkhhStiOntFnK0LS95VWniGE5J/s1600/Fressingfield.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEQ9omqkdVJ8eKgV65dGrS_J8abPihirwNukCn3-I5vNv3sAYz1nEA72QKf8s1p6GPSOKv3QQ89bXhQLpzvuXAgiGUDQRPUF1_dkaNprN62M7DRD9g2BkhhStiOntFnK0LS95VWniGE5J/s200/Fressingfield.jpg" width="135" height="200" /></a></div>The smaller 100,000 gallon water tower at Fressingfield, was built in 1955 and is a slender tower with central a service shaft and 12 legs… There are three water towers in Suffolk, of the design shown under construction, all built about 1953: Dennington TM 27161 66726, Framlingham TM 29938 63491 and Blythburgh TM 45367 74244. If you can identify this tower, please leave a comment below.</p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 85%;">Tower at Fressingfield</span></div>Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-15049421256316971742016-11-10T10:34:00.000+00:002017-02-01T14:53:39.597+00:00A Water Tower Windfall!!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<p>BWTAS was recently contacted by Peter Loosley, who had been photographing water towers since 1976. He was unaware of our existence until his wife, Pat, read about us in Bill Bryson's book "The Road to Little Dribbling". He was keen that his collection of over 1,000 water towers worldwide went to a good home and offered them to us. A small delegation from BWTAS was assembled and went to meet Peter and his wife…</p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 85%;">From left to right: Barry Barton (President), Andy Norris (Hon. Treasurer), Pat & Peter Loosley,<br />Wil Harvey (Chairman) & Ferrers Young (Archives)</span></div>
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<p>On arrival we were greeted most warmly and enjoyed good hospitality… After coffee, biscuits and home made cake, Peter gave us a PowerPoint presentation that he'd previously created: "Living History — A Millenium of Water Towers Worldwide" that covered the development of materials and structures for the collection, storage and distribution of water through the ages.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvyYQ7RpsN-o7ZHvZSUcltCMbQsoQe6eC6iovPYGo0iDcEwAHP5mcDwQZexgBaps6H0HhyqXagUaDOgE2cjjO2leA3wcM9Vkf0XL2xsrTmkTis9a3A8fOvhhl1vOOX-YuMURAMvzzWyrd/s1600/Ciechanow_water_tower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvyYQ7RpsN-o7ZHvZSUcltCMbQsoQe6eC6iovPYGo0iDcEwAHP5mcDwQZexgBaps6H0HhyqXagUaDOgE2cjjO2leA3wcM9Vkf0XL2xsrTmkTis9a3A8fOvhhl1vOOX-YuMURAMvzzWyrd/s320/Ciechanow_water_tower.jpg" width="190" height="272" /></a></div> This naturally created some discussion! Of particular interest was a tower, the like none of us had previously seen — one with a toroidal tank! This is located in <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%C2%B052'06.8%22N+20%C2%B035'50.0%22E/@52.868547,20.5950393,772m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d52.868547!4d20.597228" target="_blank"> <u>Ciechanów</u></a>, Poland, designed by Jerzy Michal Boguslawski and built in 1972, but now out of use. The tank is supported on a hyperbolic steel lattice base. Unfortunately I haven't been able to establish its capacity, but measuring it on Google Earth™ it would appear to be somewhere in the region of 400,000 gallons. </p>
<p>We were able to continue our chat about water towers over a most enjoyable pub lunch — we had a lot to catch up on… Hopefully we'll see Peter and his wife again. We left then left with Peter's collection of water tower photographs.</p>
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<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 85%;">Photograph of Ciechanów water tower reproduced from <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ciechanow_water_tower.jpg" target="_blank"><u>Wikipedia</u></a> under the Creative Commons Licence</span></div>Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-72872247032736032202016-08-22T20:51:00.000+01:002016-08-23T07:50:12.776+01:00Bucknell, Oxfordshire (1909)<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>The above water tower is a Grade II <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"href="http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1389392&resourceID=5" target="_blank"> <u>listed building</u></a>. Built in 1909 by Major Philip Hunloke to serve the Bucknell Manor estate and the village of Bucknell. It was used until the 1950s when mains water was installed. The tower, often referred to as Trow Pool water tower, is very prominent on the M40 between junctions 9 and 10 at <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"https://www.google.com/maps/place/51%C2%B055'08.5%22N+1%C2%B012'13.5%22W/@51.9190575,-1.2038717,17z/data=!3m1!1e3" target="_blank"> <u>SP 54860 24800</u></a>.</p><p>BWTAS member James Clark is writing a book on motorway landmarks and would be very appreciative of any additional information regarding this tower. If you can help James, please email <b>BWTAS</b>: <a href="mailto:bwtas@hotmail.co.uk" style="color: #3333ff;"><u>bwtas@hotmail.co.uk</u></a></div><p><b><i>Ferrers</i></b></p>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">© Copyright <a href="http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/9181" style="color: black;" target="_blank">Alan Murray-Rust</a> and licensed for reuse under this <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" style="color: black;" target="_blank">Creative Commons Licence</a></span></div>Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-90614917951768368062016-08-15T15:36:00.000+01:002016-08-22T15:59:00.085+01:00Uxbridge Common, Greater London (1907)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuC6izH4AHdZijOqbqN0mdjryXrB5n_waFWlfvyzgArGO9aPki8fNLTZgujS_4cleWQM-S-AhctPrPedKGXbEoondlJ0Lo65ncgDEKJKiC35Kn6GgMD65ub4I87hN7m5r6bAWLBUyvE57g/s1600/Uxbridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5byd43ZbgbJVkfsCkT-NtUHnKM-tCUl3oO-KR76MAyuWzbWt2YAXyoyNNU-0WJopGO1Pl2uVLfJIaKbgV-StzqJJSBMAxxRaAuI9JWbsyy0Y0Z3B8Y4avYvOP3dKN29cLRkshNFs1cdx/s1600/Uxbridge540.jpg" / target="_blank"></a></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>BWTAS member, Jennifer Silvester, kindly sent in this photograph of the now converted water tower located at <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/51%C2%B033'20.4%22N+0%C2%B028'19.8%22W/@51.5556514,-0.4732583,398m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d51.5556514!4d-0.472164?hl=en" target="_blank"> <u>TQ 06019 85191</u></a>. The Uxbridge tower was completed in 1907 for the Uxbridge Water Works company, holding 80,000 gallons of water. Looking at <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"href="https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/506019/185191" target="_blank"> <u>old maps</u></a>, we see that by 1934 a large reservoir has been built beside the tower, by Uxbridge Urban District Council. I do not know when the tower went out of use, but it was sold in 1980, for conversion to a dwelling. The tower is not a listed building.</p><p>If you can add any information, please leave a comment.</div><p><b><i>Ferrers</i></b></p>
Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-57226548906765801752015-11-03T19:09:00.001+00:002017-06-26T20:57:42.263+01:00B.W.T.A.S. Calendar 2016:<div style="text-align: center;">
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Your Christmas presents solved… especially for your friend/relative who has everything: the 2016 BWTAS Water Towers Calendar. For the <b><u>Reduced</u></b> sum of <b>£2·00 + £1·50 p&p</b>, you can have a year's worth of stunning water tower images, including some from the BWTAS North Yorkshire Tour 2015. Orders with cheque made out to BWTAS please, to <b>BWTAS, Green Gables, The Street, Wenhaston, Suffolk IP19 9DP.</b> The back of the calendar featuring 'thumbnail' images is reproduced here - click to enlarge…<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 85%;"><b>N.B. </b>May's Photograph of the Spurn Point water tower is<br /> © Mrs. M. Barton — not Dr. B. Barton as credited within.</span></div>
Another Christmas present idea is “Water Towers of Britain” — the definitive book on UK water towers, by Society President, Dr. Barry Barton. This 240 page book (<a href="http://newcomen.com/?page_id=584" style="color: #3333ff;" target="_blank"><u><i>synopsis</i></u></a>) is available for only <b>£7·50 + £2·50 p&p</b>, orders with cheque made out to BWTAS please, to <b>BWTAS, Green Gables, The Street, Wenhaston, Suffolk IP19 9DP</b>. Should you not have a cheque book, you may pay by bank transfer — please email <b>BWTAS</b>: <a href="mailto:bwtas@hotmail.co.uk" style="color: #3333ff;"><u>bwtas@hotmail.co.uk</u></a> for details… We can also do bulk orders of calendars — four calendars can ship in the UK for £2·00, a book and a calendar for £3·00 in the UK, £7.65 to rest of Europe.<br />
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<br />ChairmanPie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-60071392625407871972015-10-06T23:04:00.000+01:002015-10-09T10:25:36.847+01:00B.W.T.A.S. @ Braintree, Saturday 10th October 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1S8q4YIqoQRRKmhJqtwgCIu26RiaulgWN4ns-NaiWSg61h0B_etzLvRMg6EkooFXUpLauRLNXGwOkb3chH7wvpL7MY6US2tpyDwn10dwPB6SLp49pyQYeRw28X_bAIFeS6MhuaAZN6v_S/s1600/Essex+Coat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1S8q4YIqoQRRKmhJqtwgCIu26RiaulgWN4ns-NaiWSg61h0B_etzLvRMg6EkooFXUpLauRLNXGwOkb3chH7wvpL7MY6US2tpyDwn10dwPB6SLp49pyQYeRw28X_bAIFeS6MhuaAZN6v_S/s1600/Essex+Coat.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p>The British Water Tower Appreciation Society will have a presence at the <b>Industrial Heritage Fair</b> in Braintree, Essex, this coming Saturday. BWTAS has teamed up with the local<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.savejumbo.org.uk/" target="_blank"> <u> Balkerne Tower Trust</u></a> in order to have a stand at this event, hosted by the Essex Industrial Archaeology Group — a programme of events can be downloaded <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17451266/EIHF2015.doc" target="_blank"> <u>here</u></a>. Entry is <b>Free</b>.</p>
<p>BWTAS will have copies of the definitive book on UK water towers: “Water Towers of Britain”,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxCMKCJ5brWcwnBW4MNGzUuiHhivbEIfrQ5yuklYAvWc4QWObaNFDQY82FHVLZCQpHrt3au3Pn5XnM_eVLSczBK7ZRkeG1yXpO8_b8COZcKO5-UBHMr4NOgVhfTZxb4CRiBvhoUC92GxC/s1600/WTOB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxCMKCJ5brWcwnBW4MNGzUuiHhivbEIfrQ5yuklYAvWc4QWObaNFDQY82FHVLZCQpHrt3au3Pn5XnM_eVLSczBK7ZRkeG1yXpO8_b8COZcKO5-UBHMr4NOgVhfTZxb4CRiBvhoUC92GxC/s100/WTOB.jpg" /></a> by Society President, Dr. Barry Barton, for sale at a heavily discounted price (<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://newcomen.com/?page_id=584" target="_blank"><u><i>synopsis</i></u></a>). Also for sale will be the 2016 BWTAS Calendar — the last calendar we produced in 2012 was a sell out and became a collectors item! Brian Light of the Balkerne Tower Trust, will be giving a short talk on “Jumbo” and the Public Water Supply Industry. I'll be there too, to try to answer any water tower questions that you may have…</p></div>
<h3><u>Time & Location:</u></h3>
Saturday 10<sup>th</sup> October 2015, 10:00 to 16:00<br>
Braintree District Museum<br>
Manor Street<br>
Braintree<br>
Essex CM7 3HW</p>
<p><i>Hope to see you there,</i><br><b><i>Ferrers</i></b></p>Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-27745783734336663782015-03-24T13:38:00.002+00:002020-10-15T14:05:17.372+01:00Cawston, Norfolk (1897)<h3>
A chance for members to visit…</h3>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>The water tower was designed in 1897 by Sir Ernest George based on Dutch architecture of the time, it is the only ten sided water tower in Europe and is built of Cawston red brick, made at the <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.cawstonparish.info/howardr.htm" target="_blank"> <u> Marshall Howard</u></a> Brick Kiln. The owner of Cawston Manor, an American stockbroker coincidently called <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.cawstonparish.info/george_cawston.htm" target="_blank"> <u> George Cawston</u></a>, had it built to get fresh water to the Manor.</p><p>David Forster attended Cawston College as a boy and first became acquainted with the water tower then when his teacher, George Mumford, took him up the tower via the 85 ft. ladder which remains in situ on the wall of the tower, running through every room.</p><p>He became aware that the tower was up for sale through his friendship with Nick Youngs, and was determined to buy it, and so with his inheritance purchased it from Nick’s father, Gerald in 2002.</p><p>David has done much of the work on the tower himself, to turn the tower into a home for his wife and two boys. The renovation was actually filmed by Channel 5 for their programme “Build a New Life in the Country”. David has now built an extension onto the tower, to house a workshop and living quarters for when he and his wife become unable to climb the many stairs up to each room of the tower. </br><style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">Reproduced by kind permission of <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/" target="_blank"> <u> www.cawstonheritage.co.uk</u></a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>The Cawston Remembers project have created this video of David and his water tower:</p></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><p>David and Jenny have kindly invited <u>members</u> of the British Water Tower Appreciation Society to visit their tower<!-- on Sunday the 29<sup>th</sup>--> — all members should have received an e-mail from us with details… If you have not, please e-mail us at <a href="mailto:bwtas@hotmail.co.uk">bwtas@hotmail.co.uk</a> (regardless of whether you intend to come on this visit) so we can update our list and keep you informed of forthcoming activities. Places on this visit are limited, so you <b>need</b> book before you attend.</p></div><p><b><i>Ferrers</i></b></p>Pie Masterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860142588461652236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-14894730318891512822015-03-23T12:27:00.002+00:002015-03-23T13:03:18.528+00:00The Detective's Secret<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">According to the Sunday Times crime writer Lesley Thomson's latest novel <b>The Detective's Secret </b>is a "haunting novel about loss and reconciliation". It features a fictional water tower inspired by Thomson staying in a friend's converted tower in Paddington and BWTAS gets a grateful mention in the acknowledgements for supplying Lesley with a reading list. <br /><br />Crime novels featuring water towers in the plot are few and far between but their dark and dank interiors and impenetrable and imperturbable strength and usefulness as a vantage point and for containing secrets is deftly exploited here. The results are well worth reading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lesley Thomson's website provides a gallery of images from the locations in which she has set her story.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257954554603383393.post-60321086336084683942015-03-22T11:34:00.000+00:002015-03-23T11:56:14.504+00:00Lesser Known Architecture touring exhibition offered<br />
"Britain is rich with forgotten architecture: extraordinary buildings, structures and ideas that helped define the landscape of their time and the technology of the future, but which are often unknown to the general public."<br />
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Lesser Known Architecture is an ongoing photographic research project by Theo Simpson that seeks to document these structures, bringing their existence (and sometimes their plight) to a wider audience and acknowledges the architects and engineers who created such inspiring work.<br />
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The original Design Museum exhibition, curated by Elias Redstone, featured ten lesser known architectural sites across London nominated by leading architecture critics. These were presented in a series of offset prints and Tank installation designed by Ben McLaughlin, and displayed as part of London Festival of Architecture in 2013. The touring exhibition features 30 framed prints, taking in sites not only in the capital, but across the United Kingdom as a whole.<br />
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"Lesser Known Architecture presents an architectural epitaph for a forgotten era."<br />
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We doubt BWTAS members are surprised that a water tower is the poster child for lesser known architecture. Should any venues host this touring exhibition being offered by the Design Museum, we would be happy to mention them here.<br />
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Photography: Theo Simpson<br />
Guest Curator: Elias Redstone<br />
Graphic Design: Ben McLaughlin<br />
Tour Venues: National Centre for Craft and Design, Lincolnshire
22 November 2014 – 20 March 2015
Available: April 2015 onwards<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Photographer Dennis Pedersen has always had a thing for water towers. He says he was inspired by the futuristic cartoon The Jetsons and Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds. Never did he think that he might one day be the proud owner of one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last year he bought a decommissioned Braithwaite type tower just outside Castle Acre in Norfolk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To his dismay though he found that the presumed fate for the Meccano-like structure by the vendors and local planners was its demolition for its scrap value. However Dennis recognised the tower as an important part of the area's rural heritage and he had a vision that this</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> unused resource could</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> "create an outstanding example of sustainable recycling."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Inspired by the work of the Landmark Trust and the Living Architecture Project, he commissioned cutting edge architects Tonkin Liu to envisage a way to preserve the structure with minimal changes yet allow it to be reused for accommodation. Now he's holding an open day at the tower to show local people and water tower enthusiasts his plans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">BWTAS members have been especially invited to come along and some will be available to explain the engineering history and cultural significance of water towers. Dennis and his architect will be showing a model of a potential conversion and serving tea and biscuits and giving free tours of the tower from 10 AM to dusk. If you'd like to come and have a nosey around or see the plans or show your support, all would be very welcome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Please note that access to the tank is restricted by ladders and Dennis can only take small groups up there. The risk assessment for any water tower is that heights and places only normally accessible to trained personnel can be dangerous and so your visit will be entirely at your own risk. You will have to be suitably fit if you want to climb up to visit the tank. The site is overgrown and derelict and appropriate footwear and clothing are advisable. No children or persons under 18 may go up the tower. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Please check this page for updates before you set off as this event is dependent on weather and jobsworth. The tower is .2 miles from the village where there are numerous attractions and facilities. Please park considerately.<br /><br />This is a rare opportunity and BWTAS is profoundly grateful to Mr. Pedersen for his offer of hospitality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Sunday 22nd March, 10 AM to dusk</b></span><br />
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