Spriteshall Tower Wireless Dish De-Commissioning

In November 2012 NG Rigging rope access team attended Spriteshall Water Tower to complete de-commissioning works these included the removal of obsolete dishes and cabling once used by schools for wireless communication with each other, but now use fibre optics.

The decommissioning is part of a gradual removal of equipment from the former water tower in Spriteshall Lane, Trimley St Mary.

The tower has concrete problems and is suffering from concrete spalling, caused by corrosion of the steel reinforcement, meaning the rust expands and forces breaks in the concrete.

The structure is 210ft high and is the highest "open leg" tower in the UK, built in 1934, the tower could hold 150,000 gallons of water, enough for a two-hour peak demand in Felixstowe. It was drained a decade ago. Its two reservoirs hold 2.35 million gallons and powerful pumps now send the water through the mains around Felixstowe, the Trimleys and other villages in the area, at high pressure.

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