Tony Davis Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 In the Middleton Press "Branch Line to Upwell" photo number 116 shews the water tower at Upwell which was a tender on a wooden trestle. Using the man standing close to one of the legs I have estimated the height (to the top of the tender) to be roughly 20'. Does that sound likely? I fancy the idea of having something like this on my roughly-based-on-the-Wisbech-and-Upwell-tramway layout. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyC Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Possibly the way to look at it is does that put the bottom of the tank high enough to give sufficient drop to get a good flow into the tanks of the engines taking water even when the supply tank water level is low? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Davis Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 To which I would have to reply "I haven't got the foggiest!", although I know that someone on the forum will know. I did subsequently find on the 'net a reference to a tower about 26' high so I'm going to take that as the "Yes". Slight deviation from your answer but on a recent visit to the Elan Valley I was amazed to hear how they had calculated the size of the reservoir and the angle if descent needed to supply Birmingham with water, incredible ( to me anyway) engineering. Regards, Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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