Sustaining Life & Order

Everyone knows how important water is to sustain life, but what would our world be like without a way to keep time? Clocks sustain order and brings regularity to our days. In this view you can see both.

In 1835 Charles Morris (a generous benefactor of the poor) had a 50,000 gallon tank, fronted by a single story well room, built to collect the spring water from north valley. The water was then fed through to a public spout in the well room. In 1843 he then built a second story on top of the tank to support a single clock. This was in the days before everyone owned watches, so a way to know the time for the locals was quite useful. The dedication plaque on the wall above the door reads as follows;

"The inhabitants of north Malvern have placed this stone here to record that these tanks were erected at the sole expense of Charles Morris Jun.r Esq of Portman Square London in 1835 and 1836. Ye young and aged poor pray that the blessings of god be abundantly poured upon him who has here poured abundant blessings upon you."

Over time this wonderful building had slowly deteriorated, but now luckily the Malvern Spa Association along with the Heritage Lottery Fund have set about restoring this and other local springs. They have also installed a rather impressive set of gates designed by Rose Garrard and constructed by artist blacksmith Andrew Findlay.

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Europe / UK-England

Lat: 52° 7' 16.29" N
Long: 3° 21' 15.06" W

Elevation: 670 ft

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Precision is: High. Pinpoints the exact spot.

Taken with a Nikon D70 and the standard 18mm-70mm lens (set at 18mm). Mounted on a home made multi-row bracket and a generic tripod. 3 rows (-45, 0, & +45 degrees) of 10 portrait photos taken 36 degrees apart and a single zenith photo. All photos shot in RAW mode. Panorama stitched using PTGUI / Panotools / Enblend and converted to a QTVR Cube using Pano2QTVR Pro.