The glass towers of the Crystal Palace, which are 270 feet high, are kept in position by the force of gravity acting on tanks at the tops of the towers. Each tank holds 1200 tons of , water.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 457, 19 May 1932, Page 7
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