Swanage Water Tower
The Swanage Railway is planning to replace the existing water tower with a London and South Western Railway water tower from Salisbury built in the 19th Century. It will have a Portland stone base and a gable roof like the original Swanage water tower. This will extract water by reverse osmosis rather than taking the supply from the mains. Dorset County Council will supply a grant provided that the work will be completed by mid 2012. Do you think the building will blend in well with the existing buildings in Swanage?
Posted by Robin from Swanage to swanageview at 7/1/12 9:49 PM
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NO! IT WILL LOOK TERRIBLE.
KEEP SWANAGE THE SAME! NO PROGRESS!
It's the flats on top that I object to!
^ silly trolls ^
Just out of curiosity , can rain water be collected and filtered then use in the tower?
Why are they doing this? The existing tower looks great but is there a problem with it? We don't really want something from as far away as Salisbury. I went there once, there was traffic everywhere and even a tescos and weatherspoons. Not at all in keeping with the Swanage image!
British Rail demolished the original water tower in 1967. The original water tower was a London and South Western Railway design. It had a Portland stone ground floor supporting a water tank with a gable roof. It drew water from a deep underground well. The Swanage Railway built a functional water tower on the site that draws water from the mains. Then the water has to be purified so it does not clog up the steam pipes on the locomotives.
The new water tower from Salisbury is to the same LSWR design as the original water tower. I think it will draw water directly from the soil so the water will not need to have the calcium removed before the Railway can use it. As it is to a London and South Western Railway design it will blend in better with the LSWR engine shed and the other LSWR railway buildings which are also made of Portland stone.
Swanage is a mish mash of architectural styles, including some rather odd bits of old London scattered around. Will it fit in? Sure - anything would.
I understand Bournemouth has an IMAX surplus to requirements. Perhaps Swanage could float it over on a pile of abandoned beach lilos, and site it at the Pier Head, giving the effect of a modernistic pair of bookends with that flagship of Swanage architectural styl - the Mowlem.
Just joking. Of course it will fit in.
To Robin from Swanage - a wonderfully succinct and informative explanation in your 5.04pm post. Thank you and most appreciated. I am sure that it will fit in.
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