Product Description: You will be buying a Photograph produced using professional photographic lab equipment and printed on high quality photographic paper. Please note that sometimes a small amount of image cropping is neccessary to produce your photograph. Produced on a Print & Supply basis from an image hosted on Geograph
Condition: New
Size: 6" x 4" - 150mm x 100mm
Copyright (Photograph and text in Photograph Notes): � Copyright Michael Trolove and licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
Photograph Notes: This concrete water tower on the Bedford Technology Park has a unique bit of history as it is standing 810 feet from its original build position. Built between 1935 and 1936 and standing 80 feet high and weighing 2000 tons it supplied Bedfordshire villages with water. For some reason in 1951/52 possibly to do with the cold war and aircraft research at nearby Thurleigh Airfield it was decided that a wind tunnel was required to be built in exactly the spot where the water tower stood. Initially the plan was to demolish the tower and build a new one but someone suggested it could be moved as a complete unit for half the cost of rebuilding.
Postage & Packing: All items are posted securely packaged with card inserts to avoid damage in the post hence the higher postage cost than the standard cost of a 1st / 2nd class stamp. We discount postage for multiple photographs and slides purchased, please wait for the invoice to be sent with the discounted postage rate applied.