so... the water tower.
I’ve often driven past this cute wee building on my way up and down the Law, and wondered what it was and why it was here. Well, thanks to PP and a conversation with TUS, Shunter and I got googling, and here’s a bit of what we found out.
The tower was built circa 1920 to serve the Stirling Avenue district heating system. The chimney, demolished in the mid 1970s, stood at Wishart Street.
The architect was David William Baxter (1874 – 1957) a great great grandson of George Baxter, one of the Baxter Brothers, linen manufacturers, ( or “Jute Barons,” being the local term given to mill owners) who owned the Dens Works.
David Baxter completed his school education at the newly opened Morgan Academy, right opposite Baxter Park, which his relatives Sir David Baxter, and his sisters, donated £50,000 for its construction in 1859.
The structure is a listed building, and the recently formed "Friends of Dundee Law" have it in their sights for environmental improvements.
This cache is located in quite a busy area so the usual “take care and watch out for muggles” requests apply.