2007
TA2711 : Grimsby Royal Dock and Dock Tower 2007 (aerial)
taken 17 years ago, near to Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England
Grimsby Royal Dock and Dock Tower 2007 (aerial)
The tower was designed on similar lines to the Torre del Mangia in the Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy. But it is not just a pretty building.
Grimsby Dock Tower is a hydraulic accumulator tower and a famous maritime landmark. It was completed on 27 March 1852 with the purpose of containing a 30,000 UK gallon (136 m³) hydraulic wrought iron reservoir at a height of 200 feet (61m), to provide hydraulic power (rather than a supply of water) to the lock gates and cranes of Grimsby Docks. The extreme height of the tower was necessary to achieve sufficient pressure. Water towers for water supply purposes don't need anything approaching this height.
There is a model of the Grimsby Dock Tower entirely constructed of Lego, at Legoland in Windsor.
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Grimsby Dock Tower is a hydraulic accumulator tower and a famous maritime landmark. It was completed on 27 March 1852 with the purpose of containing a 30,000 UK gallon (136 m³) hydraulic wrought iron reservoir at a height of 200 feet (61m), to provide hydraulic power (rather than a supply of water) to the lock gates and cranes of Grimsby Docks. The extreme height of the tower was necessary to achieve sufficient pressure. Water towers for water supply purposes don't need anything approaching this height.
There is a model of the Grimsby Dock Tower entirely constructed of Lego, at Legoland in Windsor.
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- TA2711, 129 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- John Hardy (more nearby)
- Contributed by
- Chris (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 8 August, 2007 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Wednesday, 26 September, 2012
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TA 2783 1128 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:34.9522N 0:4.2337W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: TA 2732 1038
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
