The Water Tower, on Woodlands Road, Allestree, Derbyshire, is made of reinforced concrete. It has a central octagonal access tower with eight surrounding braced legs supporting a cylindrical tank above.
It was built in about 1930 and removed from service in the early 1980s.
This gravity-fed water tower was built over an old reservoir and fed water directly to Allestree Hall and gardens. The tower's height indicates how deep the reservoir would have been.
I can't say for sure this water tower fed the whole village of Quarndon, as there are several springs in the village.
The water tower at Bradbourne in Derbyshire is of similar design, so I can say for sure there are no architectural expressions. I'm just glad the British designers didn't go down the same route as the Americans and used them for advertising.
No matter what their design, water towers remain the primary means of collecting and distributing most municipal water supplies.
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