| 词条 | York Buildings Water Tower | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = York Buildings Water Tower | image = The stairs at York Buildings, the Strand; in the background Wellcome V0020242.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = Engraving of York Buildings and the Water Tower, c. 1780, by Isaac Taylor | map_type = United Kingdom Central London | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in central London | map_size = | map_dot_label = | relief = | former_names = | alternate_names = | etymology = | status = Demolished | cancelled = | topped_out = | building_type = Water tower | architectural_style = Octagonal | classification = | location = | address = Villiers Street | location_city = London | location_country = UK | coordinates = {{coord|51.507904|-0.123049|display=inline,title}} | altitude = | namesake = | groundbreaking_date = | start_date = | topped_out_date = | completion_date = Late 17th century | opened_date = | inauguration_date = | relocated_date = | renovation_date = | closing_date = | demolition_date = | cost = | ren_cost = | client = | owner = | landlord = | affiliation = | height = {{convert|70|feet}} | architectural = | tip = | antenna_spire = | roof = | top_floor = | observatory = | diameter = | circumference = | weight = | other_dimensions = | structural_system = | material = Wood | size = | floor_count = | floor_area = | grounds_area = | architect = | architecture_firm = | developer = | engineer = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | main_contractor = | awards = | designations = | known_for = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_engineer = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_contractor = | ren_awards = | seating_type = | seating_capacity = | rooms = | parking = | url = | embed = | embedded = | references = | footnotes = }} The York Buildings Waterworks' Water Tower was a water tower on the north bank of the River Thames and a dominant feature of the 18th century London skyline. The water tower was a wooden structure, 70 feet high[1] (21 metres) and with an octagonal cross-section. It was erected in the late 17th century on a site at the end of Villiers Street, by the York Watergate, now part of the Victoria Embankment Gardens. The Survey of London includes a drawing (plate 31[2] in volume 18[3]) showing the building. The prominent position and height of the water tower meant it appeared in many paintings and drawings of London's north bank at the time. These include:
References1. ^{{cite web | title=British Library Collection | url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/kinggeorge/v/003ktop00000027u04400000.html | publisher=British Library|accessdate=21 September 2013}} 2. ^{{cite book |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=750 |title=Survey of London: volume 18: St Martin-in-the-Fields II: The Strand| author=G. H. Gater and E. P. Wheeler |pages=19–21 |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |accessdate=21 September 2013 |year=1937}} 3. ^{{cite book |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=68319 |title=Survey of London: volume 18: St Martin-in-the-Fields II: The Strand Plate 31| author=G. H. Gater and E. P. Wheeler |pages=19–21 |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |accessdate=21 September 2013 |year=1937}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Boydell|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/westminster-and-the-york-buildings-waterworks-213719|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145727/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/westminster-and-the-york-buildings-waterworks-213719|dead-url=yes|archive-date=24 September 2015|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 September 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Canaletto|url=http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/canaletto/london-seen-through-an-arch-of-westminster-bridge-1747|publisher=WikiPaintings|accessdate=16 September 2013}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=L02305|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/canaletto-london-the-old-horse-guards-from-st-jamess-park-l02305|publisher=Tate Gallery|accessdate=15 September 2013}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Canaletto|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-thames-at-westminster-london-102301|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607011945/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-thames-at-westminster-london-102301|dead-url=yes|archive-date=7 June 2012|publisher=BBC|accessdate=16 September 2013}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Malcolm|url=http://www.wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_255650/James-Peller-Malcolm/York-Buildings-looking-towards-Westminster-with-a-View-of-the-Water-Tower|publisher=WikiGallery|accessdate=16 September 2013}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Malton |url=http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/artonline/search/details.php?id=TWCMS:B8024 |publisher=Tyne & Wear Museums |accessdate=16 September 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016052128/http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/artonline/search/details.php?id=TWCMS:B8024 |archivedate=16 October 2013 }} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Marlow|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-london-riverfront-from-westminster-to-the-adelphi-50831|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145108/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-london-riverfront-from-westminster-to-the-adelphi-50831|dead-url=yes|archive-date=24 September 2015|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 September 2013}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=T01193|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/scott-an-arch-of-westminster-bridge-t01193|publisher=Tate Gallery|accessdate=15 September 2013}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=N01223|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/scott-an-arch-of-old-westminster-bridge-n01223|publisher=Tate Gallery|accessdate=15 September 2013}} 13. ^{{cite web|title=N01328|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/scott-a-view-of-the-thames-with-the-york-buildings-water-tower-n01328|publisher=Tate Gallery|accessdate=15 September 2013}} 14. ^{{cite web|title=Scott|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-thames-with-the-york-buildings-water-tower-98749|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145316/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-thames-with-the-york-buildings-water-tower-98749|dead-url=yes|archive-date=24 September 2015|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 September 2013}} 4 : London architecture|Former buildings and structures in the City of Westminster|Former towers|Wooden towers |
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