This Metropolitan Railway water crane transported from Watford to Quainton on the 6th June 1976. The pipe from the tank was cast by Ransome and Rapier & Co. Ltd., Ipswich and the bracketed bend came from the Risca Foundry Ltd., Newport, Monmouth. The tower is dated 1911.

References:
Our Second Water Tower - Quainton News No. 24 - Summer 1975
The Watford Saga - Bob Randall and Ray Hedley - Quainton News No. 29 Autumn 1976