The workhouse water tower

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The workhouse water tower by Chris Denny as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

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The workhouse water tower

Image: © Chris Denny Taken: 8 May 2011

The former water tower of the Bermondsey Institution, opened by the then Prince of Wales in 1900 as an infirmary for the elderly. It has now been converted into flats and remains a prominent landmark in the area.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
51.453304
Longitude
-0.026077