Chapmanslade Water Tower

[NickFitz]

Inevitable, really

British Water Tower Appreciation Society

[pacharan]

Here's the one in Berkhamsted. He's a beauty, don't you think?

Oh yes, a lovely example.

I note with interest that we seem to have 2 schools of thought here.

Thise, like yourself, who go for the gothic masonry towers and those who go for the more functional concrete mushroom or metal tank on stilts.


I suppose it's just like steam v diesel in the rail enthusiast world.

[wurzel]

British Water Tower Appreciation Society

The only British society dedicated to water tower culture and history

I'd be worried if there were more than one....

[NickFitz]

I'd be worried if there were more than one....

Indeed

I like the bits in the sidebar: "Merchandise All BWTAS merchandise has now sold out! All our calendars, mugs, T-shirts all gone. We've nada, zip, zilch in stock. Next Event Nothing planned for the moment, got any ideas?" etc.

[wurzel]

Indeed

I like the bits in the sidebar: "Merchandise All BWTAS merchandise has now sold out! All our calendars, mugs, T-shirts all gone. We've nada, zip, zilch in stock. Next Event Nothing planned for the moment, got any ideas?" etc.

Plan B opportunity?

[Doggy Styles]

Oh yes, a lovely example.

I note with interest that we seem to have 2 schools of thought here.

Thise, like yourself, who go for the gothic masonry towers and those who go for the more functional concrete mushroom or metal tank on stilts.

I suppose it's just like steam v diesel in the rail enthusiast world.

That's a good analogy, art versus functionality.

And as if on cue, here is the other water tower I mentioned at the top of the thread, the one at Gaddesden Row. Not quite a metal tank on stilts but perhaps a gentle lean toward the functional end of the water tower spectrum, don't you think?

[pacharan]

That's a good analogy, art versus functionality.

And as if on cue, here is the other water tower I mentioned at the top of the thread, the one at Gaddesden Row. Not quite a metal tank on stilts but perhaps a gentle lean toward the functional end of the water tower spectrum, don't you think?

Lovely DS, it's almost Art Deco isn't it?

An interesting thing I've noticed when travelling in hot countries is that their water towers are enclosed spheres on stilts. Presumably to minimise evaporation whereas ours are open to the elements. An example to follow.

[pacharan]

Hmm. It would appear that my logic is flawed since I've just noticed that the water tower in Riyadh, possibly the hottest city in the world, is of an open top mushroom construction.

But here's a spherical one anyway; the famous Smiley Water Tower in Adair County, Iowa

Edit: sorry to disappoint but I can't find a pic on a site that allows deep linking :-(

[Doggy Styles]

Ah, the famous smiley! It reminds me of someone but I can't place who.

Here's an interesting one below, a small water tower built into the ironworks on the Grand Union Canal at Bulbourne. It's another I pass every day on my commute to the railway station.

Quite by coincidence, we are off to the Grand Junction Arms on the opposite bank for dinner tonight. We've never eaten at this hostelry before so we are quite excited. I hope we can get a window seat where we can look out at the tower whilst chewing our vittals!

[pacharan]

Ah, the famous smiley! It reminds me of someone but I can't place who.

Here's an interesting one below, a small water tower built into the ironworks on the Grand Union Canal at Bulbourne. It's another I pass every day on my commute to the railway station.

Quite by coincidence, we are off to the Grand Junction Arms on the opposite bank for dinner tonight. We've never eaten at this hostelry before so we are quite excited. I hope we can get a window seat where we can look out at the tower whilst chewing our vittals!

Very quaint little tower.

Did you get a window seat? How did you manage to spend the evening whispering sweet nothings into the missuses ear when you had a vista like that to distract you?