Geesthacht railway water tower
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| Construction year: | 1917 |
| Tower height: | 23.7 m |
| Usable height: | 17.95 m |
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| Volume of the container: | 30 m³ |
| Operating condition: | shut down |
| Original use: | Water supply for the Bergedorf-Geesthacht railway |
| Todays use: | Together with the neighboring house as an apartment |
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The small, well-preserved water tower of the Bergedorf-Geesthacht railway is in Geesthacht on the border road next to the old track systems. With the former workers' house, it forms a coherent ensemble of buildings.
Building
The water tower , built in 1917, has an octagonal floor plan and is closed off by a conical roof. It is a concrete structure with brick cladding . A round-arched gate decorated with a diamond pattern on the ground floor forms the representative entrance. A few small windows illuminate the floors below the container. Ornamental masonry projecting in relief forms the transition to the container floor. This has a wreath of eight larger windows.
A 30 m³ cylindrical water tank inside served as a service water supply for the steam locomotives . There was also a small drinking water tank in the attic.
The tower is not free, to the northeast there is an extension with a gable roof , which leads to the adjoining workers' house.
History of the water supply for the Bergedorf-Geesthacht railway
On May 1, 1907, the Bergedorf-Geesthacht Railway was founded . After the Krümmel dynamite factory was connected in 1915 , freight traffic increased considerably. Armaments production for the First World War was in full swing, with the Bergedorf-Geesthacht Railway making the connection to the Hamburg – Berlin railway line .
The railway facilities were expanded, including the construction of the water tower that was supposed to supply the steam-powered locomotives with boiler water. As an extension, a residential building was built for the railway employees in the architectural style of homeland security architecture . The tower was built by the H. Magens concrete works from Hamburg, the house was built by the Ohlrogge company and the master mason Cuslack. In 1917 the construction work was completed.
Decommissioning and further use
The water tower was in operation until the early 1950s, after the switch to diesel locomotives , it was shut down. After the Second World War , the railway lost its importance in freight transport. Passenger transport also fell sharply due to better bus connections, so that passenger transport was discontinued in 1953.
The ensemble with the water tower and workers' house is now privately owned and used for residential purposes.
See also
literature
- Jens U. Schmidt: Water towers in Schleswig-Holstein. History and stories about the water supply in the north and its most striking buildings. Regia-Verlag, Cottbus 2008, ISBN 978-3-939656-71-5 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 26 '8.89 " N , 10 ° 21' 48.55" O