Wasserturm Nord, Industrial water tower in Halle (Saale), Germany.
Wasserturm Nord is a 54-meter water tower built from red ashlar and yellow clinker brick, with a round shaft that narrows toward a projecting upper storey. Its iron-framework head is covered in slate and crowned by a lantern. The Intze-2 tank inside measured 13 meters across and 11 meters high, holding 1500 cubic meters.
The tower was built from 1897 to 1899 during Halle's northward expansion, designed by city building inspector Heinrich Walbe under city building director Ewald Genzmer. It became redundant after the long-distance water network between the Ostharz and the Elbaue went into service in 1965. Restoration of the listed structure followed from 1992 to 1999.
The sandstone sea creatures at the tower's foot were carved by the sculptors Fr. Guth and Fr. Mänicke, ornamenting a purely technical structure. The tower itself is built of red ashlar and yellow clinker brick, with a slate-covered iron-framework head crowned by a lantern. Since 1992–1999 restoration it has served as headquarters of the Association for the Preservation of Water Towers in Halle.
The site is best reached on foot and offers good views of the entire structure from the outside. Visitors should plan time to examine the sandstone sculptures at the base closely to appreciate the artistic details fully.
The tower's tank was an Intze-2 type, 13 metres across and 11 metres high, holding 1,500 cubic metres of water. It became redundant only in 1965, when the long-distance network linking the eastern Harz with the Elbe floodplain started supplying the city.
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