Record Details
| NHER Number: | 51907 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of World War Two emergency water tank at the junction of Plumstead Road East and Thunder Lane |
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Summary
Site of World War Two emergency water tank visible on aerial photographs at the junction of Plumstead Road East and Thunder Lane.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2620 1004 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21SE |
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| Parish: | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2008. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two emergency water supply tank is visible on wartime aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), on the junction of Plumstead Road East and Thunder Lane at TG 2620 1004.
The water tank is visible on the above photographs as an extant circular concrete structure, measuring 7.5m in internal diameter. At least one other tank was visible in the area for the emergency use of fire fighters during bombing raids (NHER 51892). It had been removed by April 1947 (S4).
E. Bales (NMP), 10 November 2008.
Monument Types
- WATER TANK (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/776 6027-8 07-SEP-1945 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/789 6025-6 10-SEP-1945 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1143 5023-4 29-JAN-1946 (NMR). |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2019 5131-2 18-APR-1947 (NMR). |
Related records
| 51905 | Related to: Quarry containing possible World War Two firing range and practice trenches (Monument) |
| 32548 | Related to: Site of World War Two pillbox, trenches, dugouts and Lewis gun pit (Monument) |