A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 502
s. The841 TOWER OF SILENCE term is oft(^n applied loosely to any high build-ing wliii.sc, use is not known. (See Bell House;Ki-liauguette ; Noraghe ; Talayot.) Water Tower. A tower constructed to holda cojunin cil water at a level liigli enough tosupjily fiiuntains or to attoni a head for tiic… … Water Tower; see the Plan. White Tower. The keep or donjon of thefortress called the Tower of London. (See thatterm.) TOWER OF LONDON. In England, com-monly called The Tower, as a luulding muchidentified with English history and romantictradition. A very ancient castle on the northside of the…
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