Crampton Tower
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Crampton Tower by Mike Quinn 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.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Crampton Tower
Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 23 Apr 2013
Complete with seagull. Thomas Russel Crampton is chiefly remembered as a designer of locomotives and of railways, but he was also concerned with gas supply, water works and submarine telegraph cables. He was the first to succeed in laying an effective telegraph cable under the English Channel. The tower (built in 1859) formed part of the first public water supply system in Broadstairs. It now houses a small museum - see http://www.cramptontower.co.uk/.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.359998
Longitude
1.433251