WATER TOWERS OF BRITAIN AND THEIR PART IN BRINGING WATER TO THE PEOPLE
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Orlando Booksellers [352675], Lincoln, LINCS, United Kingdom.
First impression of the true first edition. Profusely illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and figures and a comprehensive gazetteer of water towers to the rear. Very fine and as new in pictorial buff-coloured and monochrome and green printed glossy laminated boards (no dustwrapper, as issued) with original publisher's price to bottom of rear board of £28.50 net. Pages bright white. Spine tight. No inscriptions. No fading. No foxing. No tears. As new. 242mm x 134mm. xii prelim pages plus 228 pages including a comprehensive gazetteer, bibliography, index to rear. ***Chapters: I: The Function of the Water Tower; 2: The Origins of the Water Tower; 3: The Victorian Municipal Water Tower; 4: Early Rural Water Towers, 5: Early Concrete Water Towers; 6: Modern Concrete Water Towers; 7: All-metal Water Towers; 8: Water Towers for Other Purposes; 9: Problems with Water Towers; 10: Re-use of Water Towers; 11: The Future of the Water Tower; Gazetteer: Water Towers in Britain. ***'As water supply technology developed, the late 20th century saw many water towers being demolished and few being built. This book, therefore, is a timely record of an important part of Britain's engineering heritage. It documents the development of an essential component of the infrastructure bringing clean water to people's homes, commerce and industry, without which society could not function. ***Despite their prominence in the lowland landscape, there is little printed material about them, apart from a few technical papers. The Institution of Civil Engineers' Panel for Historical Engineering Works decided to fill this gap and in 1994 formed a sub-group to research, locate, visit and photograph water towers of every description throughout Britain and Ireland. In tackling their task the two-man sub-group, the author and a colleague, Dr. Michael Gould, assisted by other panel members, obtained information from more than 200 correspondents and numerous archives. ***This book will stand as an important reference work for civil engineers, architects, historians, local authorities and interested members of the public for decades into the future.' (Quote from rear cover). ***First impression of the true first edition in fine, bright, crisp, as new condition. An extremely detailed and well-researched book, packed with illustrations. Of interest to scholars and historians researching the history of bringing clean water to people (very important during the nineteenth century because of the transmission of Cholera and Typhus) and architects, and anyone interested in the history of water towers (perhaps those currently living in one!) and the history of civil engineering and industrial heritage in Britain. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Martin Bott (Bookdealers) Ltd.
NEWCOMEN SOCIETY, 2003. The definitive history of the water tower in the UK. 228pp, illustrated. New copy in glazed boards. 1st. Glazed Boards. New. 8vo.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Martin Bott Bookdealers Ltd [270345], Felixstowe, United Kingdom.
The definitive history of the water tower in the UK. 228pp, illustrated. New copy in glazed boards Size: 8vo.