Everton Water Tower
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Water tower
A water tower or elevated water tower is a large elevated drinking water storage container constructed to hold a water supply at a height sufficient to pressurize a water distribution system....
situated in Everton, Liverpool. It is a Grade II listed building. The water tower is a well known landmark dating from 1864 and can be seen from most of Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
standing at the top of Everton brow.
Designed by the Liverpool's first water engineer, Thomas Duncan, it is all that is visible of the 1.5 acres (6,070.3 m²) 12 feet (3.7 m) deep water service reservoir. The masonry hides a cast iron tank 90 feet (27.4 m) above ground level.