The Watertower

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By the late 19th century, standpipes grew to include storage tanks to meet the ever-increasing demands of growing cities.

In certain areas, such as New York City in the United States, smaller water towers are constructed for individual buildings. When the boys reach the top of the hill, they realize someone had erected a fence around the tower to keep trespassers out; however, the fence has been torn down, or so it seems.The illustrations are at least as important as the text; indeed in some respects it’s more important. To read the book the reader has to gradually turn it through 270 degrees, and like the central character, they are metamorphosed in the actual reading process. With a water tower present, pumps can be sized for average demand, not peak demand; the water tower can provide water pressure during the day and pumps will refill the water tower when demands are lower.

As they reach each junction square, they are given choices, with two or three directions to choose". The power of the descriptive language used by Crew underlines the ‘otherness’, which lies within the tower.If the pumps fail (such as during a power outage), then water pressure will be lost, causing potential public health concerns.