NHER 27360 (Monument record) - World War Two water tank

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Summary

A static emergency water supply tank, dating to World War Two, is visible as an extant structure on wartime aerial photographs. It is one of several such tanks positioned around the town for use by fire fighters after bombing raids. It is first visible on photographs taken in March 1944, and had been removed by August 1945.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG50NW
Civil Parish	GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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May 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A tank, providing a static emergency water supply, is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S1), (S2) and (S3), centred at TG 5242 0771. It dates to World War Two, when several tanks of this type were constructed in Great Yarmouth (and elsewhere) to provide water for fire fighting after bombing raids. It consists of an upstanding circular tank measuring approximately 11.5m in diameter. It was removed by 26th August 1945 (S3), and the area is now part of the market place and car park, perhaps partially overlain by the covered market.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 13 May 2005.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF56114 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/686 3208-9 02-MAR-1944 (NMR).
<S2> SNF56121 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 3008-9 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).
<S3> SNF56125 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5276-7 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

WATER TANK (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

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Record last edited

Dec 7 2010 11:34AM