It is a pity Paddington Depot did not have one as well.

Keith Tidey

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Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 11:49 PM

From: "David Featherstone" davidh.feathers@...>

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Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Ron # 43

Thanks Mal, that's great.  Yes, Brizzy's version is very up-market indeed.  I never realised that was a water tower.

On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 7:51:26 PM UTC+11 Mal Rowe wrote:

On 21/11/2020 18:25, David Featherstone wrote:

> Just one question - that water tank.  What was the purpose for that? 


> They had mains water, no doubt hoses for fire duties and gully traps -


>


Fire service supply.  After the loss of the total VR tram fleet in 1906

all tram depots had high quality fire protection - and that meant having

a backup to mains supply if possible.

See: http://www.hawthorntramdepot.org.au/papers/pmtt.htm for the P&MTT

policy.

I assume that the tower at Brisbane's Ipswich Rd depot served a similar

purpose - with a bit more elegance.

https://tdu.to/i/74964

Mal Rowe

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