Margaret Island Water Tower - Budapest, Hungary
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marcius
N 47° 31.810 E 019° 03.000
34T E 353225 N 5265925
The octagonal water tower on Margaret Island, built in Art Nouveau style in 1911, is becoming the newest must-see attraction in Budapest.
Waymark Code: WMMKV3
Location: Hungary
Date Posted: 10/05/2014
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Designed by Hungarian architect Rezso Vilmos Ray, the water tower was the first building in Hungary where reinforced concrete, a new technology at the time, was used. Ray visualized a structure that is both functional and decorative. The tower ensures the water supply for the tenants of the island and also functions as a lookout tower for visitors.
Height of the Water Tower – above ground: 57 metres
Diameter of the basin: 13 metres
Volume: 600 m3.
Free height of the main pillars: 13.2 metres
Individual load: 220 tons
Height of inner concrete stairs: 24 metres
Height of the iron stairs: 20 metres
Height data above the level of the Danube
Top of tower: 66 metres
Lookout: 53 metres
Water level: 43 metres
Dome room (4th floor): 33 metres
Third floor balcony: 19,50 metres
Downstairs floor: 9 metres
Base: 4 metres
On the marble board, we can read that the level of the Danube is 6.68 metres above the Adriatic Sea.
Number of stairs: Concrete stairs – 27 until the first floor, 47 until the second floor, 67 until the third floor, 152 until the third floor, 152 until the doom room
You can go up till the forth floor of the tower, which is 33 metre high.