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.

>

> Keith Tidey

> tramdriver#mail.com

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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.

>

>> 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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