Hamburg-Rothenburgsort water tower

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Water tower in Rothenburgsort
Historical representation of the structure and the mode of operation of the tower by Hermann Wilhelm Soltau

The water tower in Rothenburgsort was designed in 1848 according to plans by Alexis de Chateauneuf (1799-1853) and built by the engineer William Lindley (1808-1900). Alexis de Chateauneuf also designed the Alsterarkaden and the Alte Post in downtown Hamburg.

Today the water tower is the landmark of the district . With a height of 64 meters, it is unmistakable. The building is a listed building . The area around the tower is still used today by the Hamburg waterworks as a museum (the water forum) and as the headquarters of the waterworks. The tower was built for the city ​​of water art . It is not a structure for an elevated tank, like water towers, but it was used to regulate the pressure. The water was distributed using steam-driven pumps.

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 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Hipp : Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. History, culture and urban architecture on the Elbe and Alster. 2nd Edition. DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-7701-1590-2 , p. 276.

Web links

Commons : Water tower of the city water art in Hamburg-Rothenburgsort  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 53 ° 31 '55 "  N , 10 ° 2' 30.6"  E