Chimney tank
A chimney container is a ring-shaped water container that is attached around an industrial chimney , which allows it to act as a water tower. However, the volume of the container is naturally less than that of a full cylinder. Chimney containers have the advantage that the mostly warm chimney gases prevent the risk of the water in the container freezing.
This design was first used by Otto Intze in 1885 .
During the early days of the founding , the demand for water increased sharply, but since the construction costs of a classic water tower were often too high for tanks with volumes below 100 m³ due to the complex substructure, Intze designed the design of the chimney tank. At a height of 20 to 30 meters, the container was placed in a ring around the chimney and supported by consoles or cornices .
Chimneys with water tanks
Incomplete list of fireplaces with water containers. Please complete!
Building | Construction year | country | place | height | Coordinates | comment |
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Gemptturm | 1919 | Germany | Lengerich | 60 m | 52.18654799938081 N 7.851053250487894 E. | |
Fireplace in the laundry of the University Hospital Würzburg | ? | Germany | Wurzburg | 66 m | 49.800386 N 9.958662 E. | |
Water tower of the old slaughterhouse in Bruchsal | ? | Germany | Bruchsal | ? m | 49.119545 N 8.611374 E. | |
Water tower of the Bochum-Dahlhausen railway depot | ? | Germany | Bochum | ? m | 51.432852 N 7.124017 E. | today belongs to the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum |
Novelis fireplace in Nachterstedt | ? | Germany | Nachterstedt | 100 m | 51.814349 N 11.317726 E. | |
Haldensleben | ? | Germany | Haldensleben | ? m | 52.273603 N 11.437781 E. | |
Chimneys of the Muldenstein railway power station | ? | Germany | Muldenstein | 103 m | 51.657003 N 12.349470 & E | demolished on April 10, 2011 by demolition |
Water tower research center Karlsruhe | 1961 | Germany | Karlsruhe | 99.5 m | 49.0987381146 N 8.4320406569 E. | Water tank on the chimney |
Chimney of the Fagus factory | 1911 | Germany | Alfeld (leash) | ? m | 51.98425 N 9.81195 E. | belongs to the UNESCO world heritage |
Steinfurt-Borghorst | ? | Germany | Steinfurt | ? m | 52 ° 07'16.4 "N 7 ° 23'30.7" E | Water tank since 2010 dummy |
Web links
- http://www.albert-gieseler.de/dampf_de/imageHtml/imagedet109020.shtml
- Water towers in Bochum: Bochum-Dahlhausen railway depot
Individual evidence
- ↑ Types of water towers
- ↑ FITG-Journal Journal of the Förderkreis Industrie- und Technikgeschichte eV in Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main Region, Issue No .: 03-2012 December 2012 (pdf)