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The grenade appears to be tied together with 2 bits of steel pipe on a length of wire. It looks to me that it was used as a weight, which in conjunction with a float might have switched on and off a pump to fill the tank, perhaps from a well, or from a lower level tank. This would predate our modern high pressure mains supply.


It reminds me of a story in the papers, in the 50's or 60's, of a family clearing the house of their deceased mother. The dustmen called the police who called the bomb squad. The item in question was a live first world war shell. She had used it as a door stop.


MarkT

Thanks kristymac.

I presume this is the pre "controlled explosion" photo, perhaps after the device had been discovered ?

Looks like the pin had deteriorated or been removed (meaning it was faulty/benign) and those weights added.

Maybe the controlled explosion was a standard procedure just in case.

MarkT - never heard of grenades being used as tank weights, unreal !


kristymac1 Wrote:

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> KidKruger Wrote:

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> > A hand grenade got into the water tank in

> > someone's loft ?

> > (I'm sure I haven't grasped the correct detail

> > yet...!)

>

> Thats about the gist of it

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