Water condenser plant built

In July, construction began on a large condensation (desalination) plant in West Mudros. It would help ease the chronic shortage of fresh water. The British Navy delivered it in parts and, within weeks, a group of skilled British recruits began erecting it.

Comprising a main plant, water tower and many metres of pipes, it was imposing. Corporal Harry Gissing called it a ‘huge water still’, which took ‘several months to build’. The tower stood 20 metres high and was vital for water distribution.

It did not, however, completely solve the problem.