Lendal Tower
LENDAL TOWER
Dating from about 1300, ti was
originally part of the City's
defences, with a defensive chain
stretching from here to the Tower
on the opposite bank. In 1677 it
was leased to the predecessors of
The York Waterworks Plc for five
hundred years, at an annual rent
of one peppercorn.During the 18th
century it housed a steam pumping
engine modified to the design of
John Smeaton FRS, then a
proprietor of the Waterworks. It
ceased to be used for those
purposes in 1850. In 1932 it was
refurbished and now houses the
Company's Board Rooms.
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