• When the water drops below a certain level, a pressure switch, level switch or float valve will activate a pump or open a public water line to refill the water tower.[7].
  • The idea of water towers is so simple and ingenious that to this day, in various parts of the planet, you can find modern structures that perform the same functions.
  • A collection of beautiful water towers in Berlin. The towers belong to the Modernism, Historicism, and Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) styles.
  • The towers are built to hold at least one days’ worth of water. The largest man-made water tower can hold 1.2 million gallons of water!
  • Using this simple calculation, engineers can determine the proper height to design water towers and their storage capacity based on normal pipe network conditions.
  • A water tower is an elevated structure supporting a water tank, as its name implies, built at sufficient height to provide a pressurized supply.
  • Go inside a water tower in Edmond, Oklahoma: And in Bloomington, Minnesota: And here's a 1-million-gallon water tank getting cleaned
  • Typically, a water tower's tank is sized to hold about a day's worth of water for the community served by the tower. Thomas Northcut / Getty Images.
  • Another typical looking water tower we ordinarily wouldn’t give a second look, aside from this water tower is situated on the puzzling island of Alcatraz!