Concrete structure at the top of Dick Bank, Rastrick
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Concrete structure at the top of Dick Bank, Rastrick
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 1 Sep 2008
I have been informed that this is a water tower built solely to fill the steam engines using a gravity feed system. There used to be two large iron pipes that led from the underside of the structure down the bank to the edge of the railway lines where it connected to a water crane.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.696032
Longitude
-1.775815