Vinohrady Water Tower - Wikipedia Entries on Waymarking.com

"The Vinohrady water tower building was created in 1882 to house steam engines and an underground reservoir. The engines pumped water up from the reservoir, creating a gravitational feed to nearby homes and businesses. Antonin Turek designed the building while he was the municipal architect.

The seventh floor originally contained a tank that could hold 200 cubic metres of water. Initially this was pumped from the River Vltava until 1912, when the water source was switched to a plant at Kárané. The water descended from the tank to supply Strašnice, Žižkov and Vršovice with drinking water.

In 1914 the tower's steam engines were replaced with electric motors. The revised system used water that was treated at a plant at Podoli and then stored in water tanks underground before being pumped to the top of this tower for use."

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