Jim05 Posted 18 August , 2023 Share Posted 18 August , 2023 ANZAC water tanks installed at The Nek, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. A chronic shortage of water caused terrible suffering to the troops stationed in the hills above ANZAC Cove. I have put more photos and information from Gallipoli here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Posted 20 August , 2023 Share Posted 20 August , 2023 There are numerous water tanks or cisterns visible on the 1;5,000 Şevki Paşa maps available on TrenchMapper. They are shown as a square with a dot in the centre, often in rows. The re-drawn map legend is available in Help->Knowledge Centre. See the Turkish Maps link then follow "A lot more detail here." Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim05 Posted 21 August , 2023 Author Share Posted 21 August , 2023 Hello Howard, Thankyou for the information! I was not aware of TrenchMapper - I'll check it our for sure! Cheers, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Posted 21 August , 2023 Share Posted 21 August , 2023 7 hours ago, Jim05 said: Hello Howard, Thankyou for the information! I was not aware of TrenchMapper - I'll check it our for sure! Cheers, Jim All our maps are georeferenced and can be viewed against modern maps. There is a lot in the Knowledge Centre, I cannot give a direct link but can to a copy here:- Turkish Maps Şevki Paşa post-evacuation maps Redrawn Turkish legend In TrenchMapper, to get to Gallipoli you first have to right click and choose it from the menu. You can see from the redrawn legend that some items were never identified, that is also true for the republished Şevki Paşa maps, Çanakkale Tahkimat Haritası . Any ideas welcome! Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim05 Posted 23 August , 2023 Author Share Posted 23 August , 2023 Hello Howard, thankyou that sounds like an amazing resource! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eceabat Posted 10 December , 2023 Share Posted 10 December , 2023 The tanks around the Nek area were moved from further back along Russell's Top and Walker's Ridge some years after the end of the war by the then Imperial War Graves Commission and were used for water storage During my first visit in 1988 I can remember at least one of the tanks still being used by the CWGC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedley Malloch Posted 15 December , 2023 Share Posted 15 December , 2023 I saw these tanks last year. Their position struck me as most odd, parked as they were under the barrels of the Turkish guns along Dead Man's Ridge and enemy positions on the other side of The Nek. That they were later moved to their present positions makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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