water tower height

zap

anyone any ideas how i wud find out the height of the water tower

Riamfada

Its about the same size as my penis so Id have to say 90ft

sdanseo

Climb it wth an altimiter watch;)

I looked at an aeronautical charts i happen to have that say theres an obstacle thats 360ft (420ft ASL, inc ground level) but im thinking thats the rte mast - is it as high as that?

zap

its a bit less but not much less, i need an exact height both above ground level and above sea level

singingstranger

Yeah, I'd imagine that 360ft could only be the mast down at Montrose.

Looking at a photo and judging the scale against the fences from the tennis courts I'd reckon it's about 30m from the ground.

Paul Tergat

it says here 57m high!

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.johnpaulconstruction.com/projects/educational/photos/Tower_UCD.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.johnpaulconstruction.com/projects/educational/14.htm&h=467&w=365&sz=20&tbnid=gjHx_byTfcixlM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=97&hl=en&start=11&prev=/images%3Fq%3DUCD%2Bwater%2Btower%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG

I hope this comes up on my EU exam on Monday!!!

singingstranger

Well, there you go, now we know who wears the Google-using trousers in this house...*




* until June 12

Agent Smith

does it really carry water?

zap

yep its used to create water pressure

singingstranger

zap wrote:

yep its used to create water pressure

As well as providing the height necessary for the Belfield FM transmitter, eh, zap?

elmyra

singingstranger wrote:

Well, there you go, now we know who wears the Google-using trousers in this house...*




* until June 12

Christ google-using trousers...what an invention.

/me wants a pair.

I have nothing to add to the water tower height debate. I am a girl and know nothing of spacial reasoning...see Dad's scratched car for details.

Red Alert

It's definitely used for water pressure - i saw a pipe in an open closet in Science labelled 'Water from Tower'.

panda100

Grimes wrote:

Its about the same size as my penis so Id have to say 90ft

I think you have ft confused with mm grimeys;)

JustCoz

I don't know but everytime I look up at it from right underneath I always think its gonna topple over on me. An irrational fear I can't get rid of

zap

ok judging from the JohnPaul Construction site we have a height above ground level, anyone know above sea level?

singingstranger

If the RTE mast is 360ft from ground and 420ft from sea level we could assume that UCD soil is 60ft ASL too?

60ft = 720" = 1828.8cm = 18.288m.
So 18.3m + 57m = 75.3m.

Chakar

singingstranger wrote:

If the RTE mast is 360ft from ground and 420ft from sea level we could assume that UCD soil is 60ft ASL too?

60ft = 720" = 1828.8cm = 18.288m.
So 18.3m + 57m = 75.3m.

Sounds right..

Riamfada

I dont mean to spoil all the fun but why does it matter if its above sea level or not? Unless you are out at sea, and need to know how far it is upwards to the bottom of the UCD water tower ?

singingstranger

Wow, Mr Always-One-Step-Too-Far complaining about bringing things one step too far...

The ironing is delicious.

boneless

Slightly on topic... sorry The watertower is actually visible from the prehistoric cemetery complex at Loughcrewe, Co. Meath.

(On a fine day, that is...)

Umaro

^^
cool

Chakar

Why do you want to know the height of the water tower above sea level and at ground level zap?

Chakar

I'm waiting on a answer.....if possible?

Pet

I can see it really clearly from the top of my apartment block here in Dartry.

Samos

I can see it from my bedroom in Donnybrook, so I'd say it's pretty tall...