I lived in a redwood water tower for about 6 months in Northern California. My room was right below the tank. The tank sat on a tar covered floor with drains on all 4 corners. I really couldn't figure out why they needed drains _below_ the tank.. maybe for overflow.. who knew.. About a week later I hear water running and I freak out thinking I am going to have a 1000 gallon bath in bed so I run up to find the tank leaking between every vertical board.
I called the landlord at the next house over to tell him he needed to tighten the steel bands that wrapped the tank because it was leaking so bad! He laughed and called me a city boy. Turns out the redwood shrinks when the tank drains and then expands as it fills, pressing against the steel bands. The drains in the floor were designed to catch and drain the overflow while the boards in the tank soaked up water and expanded. Useless trivia, I thought it was kinda cool. ryan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Langseth Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 8:15 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Potential Wireless Access Point converted to a Home Way too many steps: http://materialicio.us/2007/08/22/converted-water-tower-zecc-architechten/ ;) Ryan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October the 16th 2007 at ISPCON ** ** ISPCON Fall 2007 - October 16-18 - San Jose, CA www.ispcon.com ** ** THE INTERNET INDUSTRY EVENT ** ** FREE Exhibits and Events Pass available til August 31 ** ** Use Customer Code WSEMF7 when you register online at http://www.ispcon.com/register.php ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October the 16th 2007 at ISPCON ** ** ISPCON Fall 2007 - October 16-18 - San Jose, CA www.ispcon.com ** ** THE INTERNET INDUSTRY EVENT ** ** FREE Exhibits and Events Pass available til August 31 ** ** Use Customer Code WSEMF7 when you register online at http://www.ispcon.com/register.php ** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/