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Water tower in Garranejames

Water tower
Water tower in Garranejames
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Freestanding concrete water tower, built c. 1960, now disused. Circular-profile drum supported on four-stage openwork hexagonal base.
Early use of poured and precast concrete notable. Simple forms indicative of functional nature. Interesting feature in the landscape.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20906640

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • Nigel Thompson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
  • Denis O’Flynn / EchoLive, www.echolive.ie
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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