Remscheid-Reinshagen water tower
The Remscheid-Reinshagen water tower was a water tower and a former landmark of the Reinshagen district of Remscheid . It was built in 1906 and commissioned on January 15, 1907. The tower was 46.41 m high and stood at a height of 260 m above sea level. NN. The construction cost 37,500 marks . The container held 350 m², the base measured 9.88 m in diameter. The highest water level was 35 m above sea level (= 295 m above sea level). The iron roof structure weighed 26,600 kg.
Until it was closed, the tower supplied the Remscheid districts of Reinshagen, Westhausen and the Unterburg district of Solingen with drinking water.
Demolition
The modern state of the conveyor technology could no longer be realized with the old tower, so the Remscheider Stadtwerke took the tower out of operation in June 1979 and interrupted the connection to the water pipe network. They found themselves unable to maintain the tower and put it up for sale at the lowest price. However, there was no buyer who wanted to bear the high renovation costs. The idea of setting up a viewing restaurant in the tower also failed due to the high conversion costs. The state curator of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia classified the tower as an "industrial monument not worth preserving", which is why it was blown up on May 29, 1980 around 3 pm by a company from Stolberg with 20 kg of explosives. It fell east on the wasteland. The demolition cost 50,000 marks . Today the area is built on with houses.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bergische Morgenpost: The water tower was the landmark , from July 21, 1992
- ↑ Remscheider General Anzeiger: Tower found no owner , from September 4, 1991
- ↑ Remscheider General Anzeiger: Once upon a time there was a tower ... , May 30, 1980
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 52.6 ″ N , 7 ° 9 ′ 20.3 ″ E