Water tower (Hamburg-Altona depot)
| Hamburg-Altona railway water tower | |
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| Year of construction / construction time: | 1954/55 |
| Tower height: | 37 m |
| Usable height: | 34.2 m |
| Container type: | Cylindrical flat bottom container made of concrete |
| Container volume: | 500 m³ |
| Operating condition: | in operation until 2003 |
| Original use: | Water supply for the railway and a brewery |
| Associated waterworks: | Langenfelde |
| Monument protection: | Protected |
The water tower of the former railway depot Hamburg-Altona is at the junction of the junction line to head the station Hamburg-Altona . It was built in 1954/55 and is one of the youngest water towers in Hamburg.
Building
The water tower is a reinforced concrete structure , the container of which sits on a round stair tower. The four pillars attached to the side of the stair tower reduce their template towards the ground. The round tower head, the concrete casing of the container, also tapers downwards. The tower head ends with a wreath of windows and is covered by a flat conical roof. The structure is founded on piles .
Inside there is a cylindrical flat-bottom container made of reinforced concrete. It is divided into an outer ring and an inner cylinder and holds a total of 500 m³ of water. A gallery runs around the top of the container - behind the windows. You can only climb up to the drip tray below the container using ladders in the inner cylinder. A staircase that runs between the outer wall and the container wall leads to the gallery.
History of the water supply for the Hamburg-Altona depot
The railway water towers were mainly used to supply the steam locomotives during their stay in the depot (Bw). There were already two forerunners of the tower described in Altona, which were built in 1893 and 1895. One was destroyed in World War II, the other demolished in 1954, shortly before the new tower was built.
At the time the new water tower was being built, there were still over 300 steam locomotives in the area of the Hamburg Railway Directorate. However, their number decreased steadily because they were replaced by diesel and electric locomotives. The last steam locomotive, 012 102-0 , left the Hamburg-Altona depot on September 30, 1972 . Nonetheless, Deutsche Bahn AG held on to its own water supply later on. The water was used to clean trains, to fill the water tanks of the passenger trains and for various railway facilities. Another part of the water was sold to the Holsten brewery .
outlook
The Altona depot has now been closed. Many plants have fallen into disrepair or have already been dismantled. In addition, a location further north on the through route to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof is planned for a new long-distance train station in Altona . Therefore, plans are being made to sell large parts of the railway site in order to create apartments, commercial and green spaces for the Neue Mitte Altona . In addition to the hall of the adjoining freight station, the Hamburg preservation of historical monuments has also included the Altona railway water tower in the list of recognized monuments .
See also
literature
- Jens U. Schmidt: Water towers in Bremen and Hamburg. Hanseatic water towers . Regia-Verlag, Cottbus 2011, ISBN 978-3-86929-190-1 .
Web links
- Portrait of the Hamburg-Altona depot at bahnbetriebswerke.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hamburg Authority for Urban Development and Environment, "The Project Area Middle Altona"
- ↑ Railway statistics "Royal Prussian Railway Directorate to Altona". Retrieved March 1, 2010 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 33'36.7 " N , 9 ° 56'5.6" E