Water tower on Gutenbergstrasse
| Water tower on Gutenbergstrasse (Krefeld water tower) |
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|---|---|
| location | |
| city | Krefeld |
| address | Gutenbergstrasse 27 47803 Krefeld |
| 51 ° 20 '6 " N , 6 ° 32' 52.5" E | |
| Structural data | |
| builder | Johann Burkart Bernhard Salbach |
| construction time | 1876-1877 |
| Monument protection | Yes |
| Water tower | |
| Usable height | 35/36 m |
| Container type | Flat bottom container (cylindrical) |
| Container volume | 1600 m³ |
| Associated waterworks | Waterworks on Kempener Allee |
The listed water tower on Gutenbergstrasse in the center of Krefeld was part of the first municipal waterworks. Along with the water tower in Hüls, it is one of two preserved water towers in Krefeld.
History and description
The construction of a waterworks became necessary after Krefeld developed from a village to an industrial city. The number of inhabitants increased sevenfold in 1870 to 60,000 people compared to 1800. The textile industry also increasingly settled and needed a great deal of water; The disposal of the used, unfiltered wastewater was also problematic. The new trade increased it disproportionately and eventually damaged the inner city wells. In 1872 it was therefore decided to build a water collection system.
The architect was the Krefeld city master builder Johann Burkart (1827–1901), the Dresden engineer and specialist in water supply technology Bernhard Salbach (1833–1894) was responsible for the technical components . The construction of the facility took 18 months, so that it was the first to be inaugurated in the city in 1877. The waterworks on Kempener Allee pumped the water through nine wells and pumped it into the water tower by steam power to a height of almost 36 meters. It was stored in the flat-bottom container that was customary at the time, which held around 1,600 cubic meters, but required a strong and expensive support structure. The walls erected for this purpose reached a thickness of two meters on the ground floor. The water stored in this way was used for storage and to compensate for fluctuations in consumption, but could also be used to deliver extinguishing water .
The growing number of households in the 20th century led to the construction of more plants. The high point of the water supply was in 1980 with a production of almost 18 million cubic meters of water. In the 1990s, the number of active waterworks was reduced from four to two, only the locations on Gladbacher Strasse, whose water tower had been blown up on April 27, 1974 despite major protests, and In der Elt remained in operation.
The water tower is registered under the number 77 as a monument in the list of monuments of the city of Krefeld .
The Finnish crossover band Kyyria shot a music video there in the late 1990s.
literature
- Natascha Verbüugeln: Krefeld's first water tower. Rheinische Post , September 15, 2011.
Web links
- City of Krefeld: water tower
- Water tower on Gutenbergstrasse. In: Structurae
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mirko Braunheim: Demolitionist: He bit his teeth on the leaning tower. Westdeutsche Zeitung , March 6, 2009, accessed January 27, 2013 .
- ↑ Drinking water: water treatment. Stadtwerke Krefeld, accessed on January 27, 2013 .
- ↑ List of monuments of the city of Krefeld. (PDF; 124 kB) City of Krefeld, November 2012, p. 14 , accessed on January 27, 2013 .
- ↑ Torsten Paßmann: Light bulbs for a career - "Kyrria" shot a video clip in the water tower , in: Rheinische Post from March 17, 1997, local edition Krefeld, p. 1.