Riverside storage tanks.

[Wormella]

We've been having a discussion about what purpose these vats have at the back of Riverside shopping center - our best guess is rain run off collection.

does anyone actually know?

 

[Glam]

Sumat do with the air-con of the buildings?

 

[Gramaisc]

Some large buildings have on-site storage for water for sprinkler systems, rather than rely on the mains supply. I wonder if that's what these may be?

Back in the old days, RAF Stafford had a 'fire-pond' near the southern of the two railway bridges on Beaconside, but it went when the new housing was built.


The fire-pond was still there in 2009.

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[Wormella]

Some large buildings have on-site storage for water for sprinkler systems, rather than rely on the mains supply. I wonder if that's what these may be?

Back in the old days, RAF Stafford had a 'fire-pond' near the southern of the two railway bridges on Beaconside, but it went when the new housing was built.


The fire-pond was still there in 2009.

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That sounds feasable

 

[Gramaisc]

That sounds feasable

I suspect people have to fit in with legionella issues, etc., these days and just having an open tank on the roof is not acceptible any more.

This is all conjecture...

 

[airbusA346]

Some large buildings have on-site storage for water for sprinkler systems, rather than rely on the mains supply. I wonder if that's what these may be?

Back in the old days, RAF Stafford had a 'fire-pond' near the southern of the two railway bridges on Beaconside, but it went when the new housing was built.


The fire-pond was still there in 2009.

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Some of the warehouses on Redhill have them too (not all of them for some reason)...

Screwfix: https://maps.app.goo.gl/uM3stT9XxAKYe6Mk8
Saint Gobain: https://maps.app.goo.gl/oUXJKqf11a2XKKxp9

 

[Mudgie]

Some large buildings have on-site storage for water for sprinkler systems, rather than rely on the mains supply. I wonder if that's what these may be?

Back in the old days, RAF Stafford had a 'fire-pond' near the southern of the two railway bridges on Beaconside, but it went when the new housing was built.


The fire-pond was still there in 2009.

Google Maps

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www.google.co.uk

And signed "E W S" for Emergency Water Supply.