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The water tower at Sudecka Street in Wrocław was designed by Karl Klimm, a reputed local architect.Famed at the beginning of the 20th century, Klimm also designed the building of the High School of Construction Engineering and Machinery (the today’s Faculty of Architecture of the Wrocław University of Technology) and the Zwierzyniecki Bridge (formerly known as the Pass Bridge).
A water tower is an elevated structure [1] supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a distribution system for potable water, and to provide emergency storage for fire protection. [2] Water towers often operate in conjunction with underground or surface service reservoirs, which store treated water close to where ...
However photographs of the Erwin water tower revealed the new tower to be a water spheroid. [12] The water tower in Braman, Oklahoma, built by the Kaw Nation and completed in 2010, is 220.6 ft (67.2 m) tall and can hold 350,000 US gallons (1,300 m 3). [13] Slightly taller than the Union Watersphere, it is technically a spheroid. [14]
Water towers on the National Register of Historic Places (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Water towers in the United States" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Volunteer Park Water Tower. The park includes a conservatory (a designated city landmark) [16] which was completed in 1912; an amphitheater; a water tower with an observation deck, built by the Water Department in 1906, [17] a fenced-off reservoir; the dramatic Art Deco building of the Seattle Asian Art Museum (a designated city landmark); [18] a statue of William H. Seward; a memorial to ...
Aqua cycling. An aqua spinning class. Apparatus for aqua cycling. Aqua cycling or aqua spinning is a technique in fitness training. [1] In aqua cycling, a stationary apparatus similar to a bicycle frame is submerged in a pool, while its rider's upper body remains above the water. [2]
Hydraulic accumulator. A hydraulic accumulator is a pressure storage reservoir in which an incompressible hydraulic fluid is held under pressure that is applied by an external source of mechanical energy. The external source can be an engine, a spring, a raised weight, or a compressed gas. [note 1] An accumulator enables a hydraulic system to ...
December 7, 1981. Fall River Waterworks is a 22-acre (8.9 ha) historic site located at the eastern end Bedford Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, along the shore of North Watuppa Pond. The property, which is still used as a water works for the city, contains the original pumping station, intake house and 121-foot (37 m) tall standpipe water ...