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No mention of the freshwater source... line from the shore? Shipped in?
by comrade1234 1y ago
No mention of the freshwater source... line from the shore? Shipped in?
- mhandley 1y agoThe listing mentions a 30,000 gallon reservior, so I imagine rainwater collecion from the "parade ground".
- defrost 1y agoThat'd be my guess also: https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300017169-thorne-island-fort-angle https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300017169-thorne-island... The British Listed Buildings site has photos of the fort and boat approach with stairs, picking crane, and sloped ladder lift for getting loads from water to gate.
- OJFord 1y agoShipped in surely, everything else would need to be anyway. The flushing toilets etc. mentioned as a challenge probably use a rainwater collection system or perhaps seawater (I'm not sure if the latter's done, desalination probably necessary?).
- bombcar 1y agoYou can run toilets on seawater just fine, maybe some slightly different seals.
- OJFord 1y agoIt was corrosion to pipes I was thinking of. Though perhaps if nothing existed already they'd have been allowed to use plastic pipework (highly doubt they'd get listed building consent for replacing existing with plastic).
- pm215 1y agoThe listing says it has "a 250,000 litre rain harvest system and storage with a reverse osmosis system providing potable water".