Chimney tank

Chimney container in Intze design to supply the steam locomotives in the former Bochum-Dahlhausen depot

Chimney container of the former Gempt wire drawing shop in Lengerich (Westphalia)

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
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

Individual evidence

[1] Types of water towers

[2] FITG-Journal Journal of the Förderkreis Industrie- und Technikgeschichte eV in Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main Region, Issue No .: 03-2012 December 2012 (pdf)