A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 502
Tower; Church of S. Anna at Vienna; c. 1747. especially one of a series occurring in a muralfortification, as a city wall. … Water Tower for a Farm ; Plan, showingTwo Cattt.e Troughs and Large Basin forFILLING Vessels. The Tower itself is aReservoir. Watch Tower. A lofty stnicture intendedto enable the ajiproach of enemies to be detected,as by sea or through a mountain pass. The841 TOWER OF SILENCE term is oft(^n applied…
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