Water tower north of Uxbridge Common
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Water tower north of Uxbridge Common
Image: © Rod Allday Taken: 7 Mar 2010
Built in 1906 by the Rickmansworth & Uxbridge Valley Water Company to improve the town's water supply, this has now been converted into flats. Its high location also makes it an ideal site for aerials and mobile phone receivers/transmitters.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.555554
Longitude
-0.472297