St Pancras Towers - Case Solved and Closed

The previous post asked the question about why St Pancras station appeared to have two water towers, so close together.   I am almost ashamed to say that the answer was staring us in the face.

The taller of the two towers is still there:

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There it sits modestly standing back a bit at the junction between the old St Pancras and the new.

To convince yourself, here is the old picture for comparison:

The tower was a beer lift for beer from Burton on Trent for London.   The tank on top was probably for lift counterweight water.

To close the case the picture below shows the scene to the north of the station.  The railway water tower is to the right, below the gas holders.

Case closed.