Water Tower on Charleroi-Brussels Canal

There is a beautiful water tower in this street.

Round concrete water tower built in 1930 according to the Hennebique concrete building system.
A round tub with a flat bottom rests on a concrete shaft surrounded by eight legs. The water is supplied and discharged via the central shaft. The eight-sided base of the water tower was filled with brick masonry and is accessible from the east side. A terrace with concrete balustrade was installed on this base. The cockpit was closed with a concrete dome roof. On top of the roof a belvedere with concrete balustrade and a lantern. According to the publication Van Craenenbroeck (1991), the tower belongs to the early concrete type that was mainly built in Belgium from 1910 until the 1920s.

Photo: Vandamme marjolijn