Brzeg water tower

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Brzeg water tower
Wieża ciśnień w Brzegu
Brzeg water tower.jpg
Brzeg water tower
General information
TypeWater tower
Architectural styleIndustrial
Town or cityBrzeg
CountryPoland
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 built 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]

References[]

  1. ^ Staśkiewicz, Jarosław. "Wieża ciśnień w Brzegu w rękach harcerzy". nto.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Wieża ciśnień, Brzeg - Zabytek.pl". zabytek.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Brzeg - Wieża ciśnień - stare zdjęcia, mapa". fotopolska.eu. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

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