NHER 53622 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two emergency water tank at the Jenny Lind (now Colman) Hospital

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Summary

A World War Two emergency water tank is visible as an extant structure and earthwork (since levelled) on aerial photographs. This was not a typical circular tank, of the type found throughout Norwich during this period; rather, it was a raised square embanked reservoir or pond, but which was almost certainly constructed for the same purpose – to provide a water supply for fire fighting following bombing raids.

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Location

Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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June 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two emergency water tank is visible as an extant structure and earthwork (since levelled) on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 2125 0749. This was not a typical circular tank, of the type found throughout Norwich during this period; rather, it was a raised square embanked reservoir or pond, but which was almost certainly constructed for the same purpose – to provide a water supply for fire fighting following bombing raids. It was presumably provided specifically for the hospital in whose grounds it was located. It had been levelled by 1951 (S3).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 4 June 2010.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF74649 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/447 (FS) 112-3 30-APR-1942 (NMR).
<S2> SNF74648 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/772 6014-5 06-SEP-1945 (NMR).
<S3> SNF74650 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/700 (Vp5) 5020-1 31-MAY-1951 (NMR).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

WATER TANK (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 4 2010 10:33AM