De Poldertoren - Emmeloord
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The Poldertoren is a water tower in the center of Emmeloord, the Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WMXZV
Location: Flevoland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 11/07/2006
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The Poldertoren is a water tower in the center of Emmeloord, the Netherlands. The Dutch name Poldertoren could be translated as Polder Tower. The 65 meter high tower was build in 1959 and has a large carillon. The tower is not in use as water tower anymore. Owner of the tower was water company Vitens, but since 2005 the municipality of Noordoostpolder owns the tower.
The tower is 65,3 meter high and the weather vane is located at 70,5 meter. Visitors can climb the 243 stairs, they will end up at 43,4 meter height. The diameter of the Poldertoren is 13,4 meter. The water storage capacity is 1.850 m3. The tower was build with: 1220 m3 concrete, 185 ton steel, 600.000 bricks, 624 ton cement en 7.200 drain pipes.
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