World war two water tanks

[bullerboY]

Who can remember the water tanks set in the ground for people to get water to put fires out during the war.I can think of two,one on the Ritz roundabout and one on Pollard crescent,any body think of any more.

[oldrowley]

There were at least two on the top half of Marsh House Road S11. They seemed quite big at the time to a small boy but were probably in the region of six feet tall and three feet diameter and very rusty. They were positioned on the footpath at the roadside, freestanding and after their removal left a large circular rust stain on the tarmac. How on earth people were expected to get the water out I don't know unless they were much less tall than I remember.

 

There is an old thread on this subject

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=10899&highlight=wartime+water+tanks

[fleetwood]

I remember two, a round one, just off Grimesthorpe rd at the junction with Botham st. The other, was a larger one in front of Owler Lane School which outlined a large traffic island.

[fleetwood]

Re my post, these tanks were above ground and large the latter being huge!

[little malc]

What is now the traffic island at the junction of Hereward Rd and Crowland Rd at Sheffield Lane Top was a water tank, inset into the road.

[Elmambo]

They were called static water tanks.

[Kidorry]

There was one on King street in the centre of town.Where Primark is now.Well between Primark and the burger place.We fished in it after the war for tiddlers.

[jmdee]

At the bottom of Bloor St., at Burgoyne Rd., quite a few houses were bombed. They built a large brick built water tank in that location to provide sufficient water should they ever need it for future fires.

[Guest]

One on Gleadless Road, Heeley - just above the Roundhouse pub on the same side, and one on Washington Road just round the corner from Sharrow Lane (going up).

[grinder]

1946 we moved into a prefab on the Arbourthorne and I remember at that time on the fields where Northern Avenue met Spring lane there was a big open circular brick one sunk into the ground..

Walking back up Northern Avenue to where it was crossed by Algar Road on the corner right hand side was a shelter.

I was told it was a gas shelter ? but I'd never seen one like it before.