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English: A water tower or elevated water tank is a very large tank constructed for the purpose of holding a supply of water at a height sufficient to pressurize a water supply system.

Español: Torre de agua

Australia [rediger]

Large water tower near the Darwin International Airport.
Water tower in en:Darwin, Northern Territory.
en:Palmerston, Northern Territory concrete water tower.
Concrete water tower at RAAF Base Wagga.
Former RAAF Darwin control and water tower.
Concrete water tower at Uranquinty
Padstow Heights water tower

Croatia [rediger]

Numerous railway water towers survived in Croatia; but some were destroyed in the civil war 1991 - 95; especially in Lika region, on the line between Ogulin and Split.

Water tower of Vukovar.

Czech Republic [rediger]

Prague

Estonia [rediger]

Tapa railway station, beginning of 20th century
Raasiku railway station, ~1870
Aegviidu railway station, 1870
Rakvere railway station, 1871
Türi railway station
Viljandi railway station
Lelle railway station
Märjamaa railway station, ~1930
Haapsalu railway station, 1904-1905
Riisipere railway station, 1904
Risti railway station
Sangaste railway station, late 19th century
Rapla railway station
Tallinn-Väike railway station, 1901, Kitseküla, Tallinn
near the railway station, in Kalamaja, Tallinn
Tartu railway station, 1950s
Jõgeva railway station
Võru railway station
Valga railway
Veriora railway station
Keila railway station
Viljandi old water tower, 1911
Kohtla-Järve
Tõnismägi, Tallinn, now part of a schoolhouse (1882)
Kreenholm factory, 1874-1898, in Narva
Bekker shipyard, 1914, in Kopli, Tallinn
Dvigatel wagon factory, Ülemiste, Tallinn
Noblessner shipyard's dwelling with water tower, 1914-1915, in Kalamaja, Tallinn
Seewald mental hospital's boilerhouse - power station, 1903, in Merimetsa, Tallinn
Vasalemma Manor, 19th-20th century
Orissaare
Lasva, now used as a gallery
Narva, apartment building
Viljandi, apartment building
Kuressaare, apartment building
Haapsalu, apartment building

Finland [rediger]

Water tower in Lappeenranta (en)
The water tower of Roihuvuori(en), Helsinki(en), Finland was built in the 1970s. It is 52 meters high and can hold around 12,000 m³ of water.
How Roihuvuori water tower is working
The water tower in Hanko(en), Finland
Intio Water tower in Oulu(en), Finland
Water tower in Karhula(en), Kotka(en), Finland
Water tower of Varkaus(en) witch is also an apartment building
The old water tower of Kokkola(en)
The water tower of Vaasa(en)
The water tower of Hervanta(en)
The water tower of Pieksämäki(en), architect Aarne Ervi(en)
The water tower of Pieksämäki by night
The new water tower of Kerava and the weather radar by night
The water tower of Otaniemi(en) in Espoo(en), architect Alvar Aalto(en)

France [rediger]

A water tower in Tonnay-Charente, France
Old water tower in Colmar, Alsace.
Group of 9 water tower in Villejuif, near Paris, totalizing 9000 m³
Calais
Sulniac, Morbihan
Île d'Yeu, Vendée
Château d'Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Château d'eau à Mondeville, Calvados

Germany [rediger]

Water tower in Bremerhaven
Belvedere tower in Aachen
Belvedere tower in Aachen
Water tower in Ahlen
Water tower Berlin-Neukölln
A water tower in Berlin-Steglitz
Another water tower in Steglitz, Friedhof Steglitz, 1919
"Windelturm" water tower in Bielefeld-Windelsbleiche
A water tower in Darmstadt
Watertower in Frankfurt-Eschersheim
Watertower in Frankfurt-Rödelheim
Water tower in Ginnick
A water tower in Halle
A water tower in Hamburg
in Hohen Neuendorf
A former watertower in Karlsruhe
Kornwestheim
Water tower in Lehrte
Rathaus „Wasserturm“ in Leinefelde
in Mannheim
Water tower (type "Klönne") of coal mine "Pattberg", Moers
in Nauen
in Niemegk, Brandenburg
View of the old water tower in Wismar
in Oedheim
in Oldenburg
in Osnabrück (main train station - Hauptbahnhof)
in Quierschied-Göttelborn, Saarland
Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, part of Leipzig
in Übach-Palenberg
in en:Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
Wasserturm Stift Tilbeck, Havixbeck (Westfalen)
Wasserturm Stift Tilbeck, Havixbeck (Westfalen)
Wasserturm Stift Tilbeck, Havixbeck (Westfalen)
Weener

Hungary [rediger]

The "Old Lady" in Szeged, Hungary
The water tower of the village Kétvölgy (Permise), near Szentgotthárd

Iraq [rediger]

Water tower in Nasiriyah, Iraq, unusable because of war damage. Photo: Thomas Hartwell

Israel [rediger]

Water tower in the kibbutz Mizra, Israel.
Destroyed water tower in kibbutz Negba, Israel.
Destroyed water tower in kibbutz Negba, Israel.
Destroyed water tower in kibbutz Yad Mordechai, Israel.
Yesud HaMa'ala water tower, Israel
The two water towers in bnei ayish, Israel.

Latvia [rediger]

Dundaga, 1800
Karosta, Liepāja, 1905
Reņģe Manor, Ruba
Riga
Strenči mental hospital
Tukums
Paparde railway station
Eglaine railway ststion
Gulbene
Liepāja railway station
Ķeipene
Lādezers

Lithuania [rediger]

Netherlands [rediger]

For a more complete and sorted image collection also refer to nl.wikipdia Watertorens in Nederland and Lijst van watertorens in Nederland

Water tower in Barendrecht, the Netherlands
Water tower in Hazerswoude-Rijndijk, the Netherlands
Water tower in Monster, the Netherlands
Water tower in Naaldwijk, the Netherlands
Water tower in Schimmert, the Netherlands
Water tower in Vlaardingen, the Netherlands
Water tower in Zandvoort, the Netherlands

Poland [rediger]

Water tower in Chełmno
Water tower in Smętowo Graniczne
Polski: Neogotycka wieża ciśnień przy ul. 1 Maja w Iławie
Water tower near railway station in Kartuzy
Water tower of 1871 in Wrocław - Na Grobli Street; 2005
Water tower of 1904 in Wrocław - Wiśniowa Street; 2005
Water tower of 1915 in Wrocław - Daniłowskiego Sq. - Kasprowicza St.; 2005
Water tower in Śrem; 2005
Water tower of 1972 in Ciechanów, hyperboloid structure; 2006
Water tower in Lisów
Water tower near railway station „Wieluń-Dąbrowa” in Wieluń
Water tower in Stoczek Łukowski; 2007
Water tower in Konstancin-Jeziorna

Russia [rediger]

Water tower by V.Shukhov - the World's First Hyperboloid structure, 1896
Shukhov's water tower in Polibino, Lipetsk Oblast, 2006
Lattice hyperboloid structure of Shukhov's water tower, Polibino, 2008
Shukhov's hyperpoloid water tower in Lobnya-Lugovaya near Moscow
Hyperboloid water tower by Vladimir Shukhov in Petushki, Vladimir Oblast
The water tower of Saint Petersburg

Sweden [rediger]

The water tower Svampen in Örebro
The water tower Hyllie in Malmö
The old water tower of Malmö which was used before Hyllie.
Water tower in Jämjö, Karlskrona
Water tower in Ljunghusen
The old water tower of Kalmar
The water tower of Guldheden in Göteborg
The water tower of Johanneberg, Göteborg. Houses 24 student flats since 1996

Stockholm [rediger]

The water tower of Mosebacke in Stockholm
Sätra
Sätra
Sätra

Switzerland [rediger]

Water tower Schanzengraben in Zürich

United Kingdom [rediger]

Water Tower at St Pancras, London
Water Tower in Burgess Hill, West Sussex

United States [rediger]

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Water towers