Two WWII Emergency Water Supply (EWS) tanks, located north of Ramsgate Harbour and mapped from military aerial photographs taken in 1941.

Both EWS tanks are rectangular and measure 33m long and 16.5m wide. The second EWS tank is located in St Luke's Recreation Ground, approximately 130m to the SW of the first EWS tank, and measures 45m by 23m.

These features were first visible, and have been mapped from, photographs taken in December 1941 [1]. Photographs taken in April 1946 [2] show that both EWS tanks have been filled in.

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].

Seccond World War Emergency Water Supplies are visible as structures on RAF/HLA/380 619 15-DEC-1941. The features have been levelled on the latest Next Perspectives APGB Imagery TR3565 14-APR-2015. [4-5]

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<3> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.

<4> Historic England Archive, 1941-1960, Historic England Archive RAF vertical aerial photographs, RAF/HLA/380 619 15-DEC-1941 (Archive). SKE57101.

<5> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery TR3565 14-APR-2015 (Archive). SKE57110.