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Water or not?
This is the original water tank atop build B in the Davol Square Office complex. Things aren't always as they seem because this water tank is now the elevator penthouse as they are called. Initially the water tank sat atop a shaft which housed all the water pipes that distributed water throughout the building. With the advent of modern plumbing and the need to provide handicap access the pipe chase was converted to an elevator shaft.
In this picture of the Providence skyline taken in 1903 you can just make out the water tank and shaft. The Davol Square building or Davol Rubber Company at the time with it's water tank is in the bottom/center of the image just left of the freestanding water tower.
This photo was taken by L Baker, 1903, from the Manchester Street Generating Station Smokestack, in Providence, RI. This image was borrowed from the Art In Ruins website ArtInRuins.com.
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Water or not?
This is the original water tank atop build B in the Davol Square Office complex. Things aren't always as they seem because this water tank is now the elevator penthouse as they are called. Initially the water tank sat atop a shaft which housed all the water pipes that distributed water throughout the building. With the advent of modern plumbing and the need to provide handicap access the pipe chase was converted to an elevator shaft.
In this picture of the Providence skyline taken in 1903 you can just make out the water tank and shaft. The Davol Square building or Davol Rubber Company at the time with it's water tank is in the bottom/center of the image just left of the freestanding water tower.
This photo was taken by L Baker, 1903, from the Manchester Street Generating Station Smokestack, in Providence, RI. This image was borrowed from the Art In Ruins website ArtInRuins.com.
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