Gasometer Oberhausen, Industrial heritage monument in Oberhausen, Germany.
Gasometer Oberhausen is a decommissioned disc gas holder beside the Rhine-Herne Canal, 117.5 metres tall and 67.6 metres across. Its 24-sided frame of steel girders is clad in riveted sheet metal just 5 millimetres thick. Inside, the pressure disc is fixed at 4.5 metres, with a 3,000-square-metre exhibition floor beneath it and a 500-seat auditorium above; a glass panorama lift rises through the cylinder.
Construction between 1927 and 1929 originally served to store blast furnace gas for the regional iron industry. After operations ceased in 1988, the empty tank was gradually converted into a cultural venue starting in 1994.
Exhibitions use the enormous height of the interior for large-scale artworks and suspended installations that appear to float when viewed from below. Visitors move along ramps and galleries that offer constantly shifting perspectives on the displays.
The exhibition hall reopened in October 2021 with "The Fragile Paradise". A glass panorama lift rises inside the tank, and a rooftop viewing platform is reached by lift or by an outdoor staircase of 592 steps; a Gasometer run is held on it each year.
The pressure disc that once floated on the stored gas is fixed at 4.5 metres and carries a 500-seat steel tribune above it. The maximum fill level of 95 metres is still visible on the upper wall. A glass panorama lift runs inside the tank, and 592 outdoor steps lead to the roof.
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