Brzeg water tower

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Brzeg water tower
Wieża ciśnień w Brzegu
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Brzeg water tower
General information
Type Water tower
Architectural style Industrial
Town or city Brzeg
Country Poland
Completed1864

Brzeg water tower - a historic water tower in the town of Brzeg, Opole Voivodeship, Poland. [1]

When the oldest waterworks for the town of Brzeg (Brieg), built in the second half of the nineteenth-century was not sufficient for the town's populous, in 1864, the town authorities set out to build a new water tower which was completed in the latter part of the aforesaid year. Initially, water was taken from the Oder River, however, due to noted frequent epidemics, a waterworks was built in Gierszowice to supply the water tower. [2] [3]

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References

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