Jumbo Water Tower was claimed at the time to be the second largest water tower in England in 1883.
Jumbo Water Tower is a local name for the water tower at the Balkerne Gate in Colchester, Essex. Construction took around 20 months and was completed in 1883. 1,200,000 bricks and 819 tons of stone and cement were used in the construction of the tower. The tank is constructed of cast-iron bolted panels and when it was in use could hold 1069 cubic metres (37,800 cubic ft) of water.
The tower was nicknamed “Jumbo” after the London Zoo elephant as a term of derision in 1882 by Reverend John Irvine who was annoyed that the tower dwarfed his nearby rectory at St. Mary-at-the-Walls.
Balkerne Gate, Colchester, Essex
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Jumbo Water Tower was claimed at the time to be the second largest water tower in England in 1883.
Jumbo Water Tower is a local name for the water tower at the Balkerne Gate in Colchester, Essex. Construction took around 20 months and was completed in 1883. 1,200,000 bricks and 819 tons of stone and cement were used in the construction of the tower. The tank is constructed of cast-iron bolted panels and when it was in use could hold 1069 cubic metres (37,800 cubic ft) of water.
The tower was nicknamed “Jumbo” after the London Zoo elephant as a term of derision in 1882 by Reverend John Irvine who was annoyed that the tower dwarfed his nearby rectory at St. Mary-at-the-Walls.
Balkerne Gate, Colchester, Essex
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