Greetings from Berkeley, CA
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:41 pm
Hello!
For the past two years, I've been building a comprehensive map of all the surviving windmill-powered wooden tank houses in the Easy Bay in Northern California. Out of the thousands of towers which stood one hundred years ago, I've managed to track down and document 70 (and counting). Windmills, wells, and the associated plumbing almost never survive, so I figured it would be best to turn to the heads who know all about that stuff.
These structures are scantly documented, and I'm in the process of writing a book all about them - how they worked, how they were built, who commissioned and built them. I'm an architect, so I'm especially interested in the construction and engineering of these amazing structures.
I have lots of questions about the mechanics - regulators, floats, valves - the works. Hope to learn a lot from you all.
Thanks!
Aaron Goldstein, RA
Berkeley, CA
East Bay Urban Tank House Map
https://aarongoldstein.us/tank-house-map
For the past two years, I've been building a comprehensive map of all the surviving windmill-powered wooden tank houses in the Easy Bay in Northern California. Out of the thousands of towers which stood one hundred years ago, I've managed to track down and document 70 (and counting). Windmills, wells, and the associated plumbing almost never survive, so I figured it would be best to turn to the heads who know all about that stuff.
These structures are scantly documented, and I'm in the process of writing a book all about them - how they worked, how they were built, who commissioned and built them. I'm an architect, so I'm especially interested in the construction and engineering of these amazing structures.
I have lots of questions about the mechanics - regulators, floats, valves - the works. Hope to learn a lot from you all.
Thanks!
Aaron Goldstein, RA
Berkeley, CA
East Bay Urban Tank House Map
https://aarongoldstein.us/tank-house-map