Water tower
A water tower or elevated water tank is a very large tank constructed for the purpose of holding a supply of water at a height sufficient to pressurize a water supply system.
ArabiaEdit
ArgentinaEdit
es:Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
AustraliaEdit
Water tower in en:Darwin, Northern Territory.
en:Palmerston, Northern Territory concrete water tower.
BelgiumEdit
ChinaEdit
CroatiaEdit
Numerous railway water towers survived in Croatia; but some were destroyed in the civil war 1991 - 95; especially in Lika region, on the line between Ogulin and Split.
Czech RepublicEdit
EstoniaEdit
Tapa railway station, beginning of 20th century
Raasiku railway station, ~1870
Aegviidu railway station, 1870
Rakvere railway station, 1871
Türi railway station
Viljandi railway station
Lelle railway station
Märjamaa railway station, ~1930
Haapsalu railway station, 1904-1905
Riisipere railway station, 1904
Risti railway station
Vana-Vigala railway station
Sangaste railway station, late 19th century
Rapla railway station
near the railway station, in Kalamaja, Tallinn
Tartu railway station, 1950s
Jõgeva railway station
Võru railway station
Valga railway
Veriora railway station
Keila railway station
Viljandi old water tower, 1911
Kreenholm factory, 1874-1898, in Narva
Vasalemma Manor, 19th-20th century
Raadi Manor, Tartu
Sangaste Manor
Lasva, now used as a gallery
Narva, apartment building
Viljandi, apartment building
Kuressaare, apartment building
Haapsalu, apartment building
FinlandEdit
Water tower in Lappeenranta (en)
The water tower of Roihuvuori(en), Helsinki(en), Finland was built in the 1970s. It is 52 meters high and can hold around 12,000 m³ of water.
The water tower in Hanko(en), Finland
Intio Water tower in Oulu(en), Finland
Water tower in Karhula(en), Kotka(en), Finland
Water tower of Varkaus(en) witch is also an apartment building
The old water tower of Kokkola(en)
The water tower of Vaasa(en)
The water tower of Hervanta(en)
The water tower of Pieksämäki(en), architect Aarne Ervi(en)
The water tower of Otaniemi(en) in Espoo(en), architect Alvar Aalto(en)
FranceEdit
GermanyEdit
Belvedere tower in Aachen
Water tower Berlin-Neukölln
Another water tower in Steglitz, Friedhof Steglitz, 1919
"Windelturm" water tower in Bielefeld-Windelsbleiche
A water tower in Darmstadt
Watertower in Frankfurt-Eschersheim
Watertower in Frankfurt-Rödelheim
A water tower in Halle
A water tower in Hamburg
A former watertower in Karlsruhe
Rathaus „Wasserturm“ in Leinefelde
former water tower of Lüneburg, built 1905–1907
in Mannheim
Water tower (type "Klönne") of coal mine "Pattberg", Moers
in Nauen
in Niemegk, Brandenburg
View of the old water tower in Wismar
in Oedheim
in Oldenburg
in Osnabrück (main train station - Hauptbahnhof)
in Quierschied-Göttelborn, Saarland
Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, part of Leipzig
HungaryEdit
IndiaEdit
IraqEdit
IsraelEdit
Destroyed water tower in kibbutz Negba, Israel.
Destroyed water tower in kibbutz Negba, Israel.
Destroyed water tower in kibbutz Yad Mordechai, Israel.
Yesud HaMa'ala water tower, Israel
The two water towers in bnei ayish, Israel.
The water tower in Ashkelon, Israel
ItalyEdit
LatviaEdit
LithuaniaEdit
Ignalina railway station
NetherlandsEdit
For a more complete and sorted image collection also refer to nl.wikipdia Watertorens in Nederland and Lijst van watertorens in Nederland
PolandEdit
Water tower in Chełmno
Water tower in Smętowo Graniczne
- Polski: Neogotycka wieża ciśnień przy ul. 1 Maja w Iławie
Water tower near railway station in Kartuzy
Water tower of 1871 in Wrocław - Na Grobli Street; 2005
Water tower of 1904 in Wrocław - Wiśniowa Street; 2005
Water tower of 1915 in Wrocław - Daniłowskiego Sq. - Kasprowicza St.; 2005
Water tower in Śrem; 2005
Water tower of 1972 in Ciechanów, hyperboloid structure; 2006
Water tower in Lisów
Water tower near railway station „Wieluń-Dąbrowa” in Wieluń
Water tower in Stoczek Łukowski; 2007
Water tower in Konstancin-Jeziorna
RussiaEdit
Water tower by V.Shukhov - the World's First Hyperboloid structure, 1896
Shukhov's water tower in Polibino, Lipetsk Oblast, 2006
Lattice hyperboloid structure of Shukhov's water tower, Polibino, 2008
Hyperboloid water tower by Vladimir Shukhov in Petushki, Vladimir Oblast
SwedenEdit
The water tower Svampen in Örebro
The water tower Hyllie in Malmö
The old water tower of Malmö which was used before Hyllie.
Water tower in Jämjö, Karlskrona
Water tower in Ljunghusen
The old water tower of Kalmar
The water tower of Guldheden in Göteborg
The water tower of Johanneberg, Göteborg. Houses 24 student flats since 1996
StockholmEdit
SwitzerlandEdit
Schanzengraben water tower in Zürich
Bruderholz water tower in Basel
St. Chrischona television tower, which also contains a water tank.
Category:St. Gallen water tower, railway water tower