I’m sure it would have been turned off for maintenance on the night of the fire even if they had one.
Regards,
> On 22 Nov 2020, at 2:40 pm, Keith Tidey tramdriver@...> wrote:
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> It is a pity Paddington Depot did not have one as well.
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> Keith Tidey
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> Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 11:49 PM
> From: "David Featherstone" davidh.feathers@...>
> To: "TramsDownUnder" tramsdownunder@...>
> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> See: http://www.hawthorntramdepot.org.au/papers/pmtt.htm for the P&MTT
>> policy.
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>> I assume that the tower at Brisbane's Ipswich Rd depot served a similar
>> purpose - with a bit more elegance.
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>> https://tdu.to/i/74964
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>> Mal Rowe
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