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Water tank 💧 Uxelles and Varennes barracks 🏰

Water tank 💧 Uxelles and Varennes barracks 🏰

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Water tank 💧 Uxelles and Varennes barracks 🏰

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Location: Gravelines, Dunkirk, Northern France, France

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September 24, 2019

18th century water storage in the southeast corner of the walled town, supplying water to the army barracks flanking it on both sides, and the town.
According to the Dutch language Wikipedia: The Cistern of Grevelingen was built in 1724 and collected rainwater from its own roof, from the church roof and from the roof of the Huxelles and Varennes barracks. The cistern could hold 1,420,000 liters of water, which was initially used as drinking water for the military. Later the city population also benefited from this water supply.
The unique construction, built in limestone, was important because the water supply was very problematic due to brackish groundwater and stagnant or very slow flowing surface water and water also had to be available in the event of a siege or a period of great drought. nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisterne_van_Grevelingen

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May 14, 2021

The Grevelingen Cistern is a cistern in the city of Grevelingen, which belongs to the Northern Department.
This cistern was built in 1724 and collected rainwater from its own roof, from the church roof and from the roof of the Huxelles and Varennes barracks. The cistern could hold 1,420,000 liters of water, which was initially used as drinking water for the military. Later, the city population also benefited from this water supply.
The unique construction, built in limestone, was important because the water supply was very problematic due to brackish groundwater and stagnant or very slow flowing surface water and water had to be available in case of a siege or a period of great drought.
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisterne_van_Grevelingen

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