Wartime Water Storage Woodhouse Square

Bunkers, shelters and other buildings
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nickjones135
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Hi, found this image on Leodis while researching a university project.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... Y=FULLDoes anyone have any information about the storage tank since the war? Has it been filled in or capped?If anyone knows any other interesting bits about Woodhouse square I'd be grateful if you replied.Thanks a lot.
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I suspect filled in. These tanks wwere realtively shallow.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 4_42676943

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There were many static water supply tanks excavated around Leeds during the war. Here's another behind the Market. They were filled in, as Cardiarms says. Look on Leodis using "static" as the search word.
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Cardiarms wrote: I suspect filled in. These tanks wwere realtively shallow.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 4_42676943 I had the joy and pleasure of being at HMP Maze [Long Kesh] for a long time – but not as a “guest”- and went swimming while very drunk in one of the EWS tanks. Believe me, these ones were not sallow!

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