Poldertoren
Sign in to savethumb|250px|right|The Poldertoren in Emmeloord Emmeloord, tower (de Poldertoren) in the street|thumb|right|250px The Poldertoren is a water tower at the town center of Emmeloord, Netherlands. The Dutch name Poldertoren could be translated as Polder Tower. The 65-meter tower was built in 1959 and has a large carillon. The tower is no longer in use as a water tower. The owner of the tower was the water company, Vitens, but since 2005 the municipality of Noordoostpolder has owned the tower.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- water tower
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Noordoostpolder
- Location
- Emmeloord
- Official website
- www.poldertorenop.nl
- Image
- De poldertoren.jpg
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- Commons category
- Poldertoren
- heritage designation
- Rijksmonument
- inception
- 1959-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Details
- Architects
- History
- The carillon
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|right|The Poldertoren in Emmeloord Emmeloord, tower (de Poldertoren) in the street|thumb|right|250px The Poldertoren is a water tower at the town center of Emmeloord, Netherlands. The Dutch name Poldertoren could be translated as Polder Tower. The 65-meter tower was built in 1959 and has a large carillon. The tower is no longer in use as a water tower. The owner of the tower was the water company, Vitens, but since 2005 the municipality of Noordoostpolder has owned the tower.
A replica of this watertower exists in Japan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poldertoren” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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