Water tower Halle (Saale) main station
The water tower at the main station in Halle (Saale) was built around 1910 and is about 17.25 meters high. It stands north of the railway bridges of the main station . The water tank has a capacity of 210 cubic meters and was designed according to the Klönne principle . It served to supply steam locomotives with boiler feed water via water cranes , initially from the Peißen railway depot and later from the public water supply network.
The tower shaft was made of red and yellow brick masonry with neo-Romanesque shapes and. a. executed on the windows. The water tank consists of a purely functional steel construction. The original railing of the circulation was decorated with Art Nouveau forms .
After the renovation of the water tower in 2008, it now serves as an advertising medium for the mountain zoo in Halle in an exposed location .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Water Towers Halle ( Memento from June 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved June 7, 2010)
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 45 ″ N , 11 ° 59 ′ 11 ″ E