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Colchester's Jumbo awarded £8m
A Victorian landmark in Colchester has been awarded £8 million pounds of National Lottery funding, to help with urgent repairs.
Known to many as 'jumbo' - the 40m (131ft) high Balkerne water tower was completed in 1883 and could hold up to 1,000 tons of water.
Jodie Halford climbed the 157 steps of the grade two listed tower, where she met Irene Kettle from North Essex Heritage...
Picture credit: Jodie Halford/BBC.
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