Det gamle vandtårn (Randers) - Randers, Denmark
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N 56° 28.165 E 010° 01.100
32V E 562737 N 6258791
Det gamle vandtårn på Hobrovej i Randers --- The old watertower at Hobrovej, Randers
Waymark Code: WMH3RW
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 05/17/2013
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Vandtårnet på Hobrovej i Randers blev bygget i 1905. Det øgede befolkningstal i Randers pressede den eksisterende vandforsyning og i slutningen af det 19. århundrede var der store problemer med at skaffe vand til de højest beliggende dele af byen. Man forsøge at klare problemet med en række jordbeholdere som dog ikke kunne klare forsyningen om natten. Et nyt vandtårn var den eneste mulighed og arkitekt Jens Peter Jensen Wærum tegnede bygningen.
Vandtårnet er ikke længere en del af vandforsyningen i Randers og benyttes nu af en amatørradioforening.
Jensen-Wærum har tegnet en række markante bygninger i Randers. Hans påvirkning af byens bygninger og den inspiration andre arkitekter har fået fra ham har givet vandtårnet status af et kulturhistorisk kendemærke. Arkitekturhistorisk repræsenterer Jensen-Wærums vandtårn en stor gruppe af vandtårne opført i røde teglsten med detaljer i murværket, påvirket af de nationalromantiske arkitekturstrømninger omkring det forrige århundredeskifte. En praktisk og teknisk detalje ved vandtårnet er, at det mellemrum, hvori trappen er placeret, mellem ydervæg og cisterne fungerer som frostsikring.
The water tower at Hobrovej in Randers was built in 1905. The increased population in Randers pushed the existing water supply to the limit and at the end of the 19th century there were major problems providing water to the highest parts of the city. A new water tower was the only option and architect Jens Peter Jensen Wærum designed the building.
The water tower is no longer part of the water supply in Randers and is now used by an amateur radio association.
Jensen Wærum has designed a number of prominent buildings in Randers. His impact on the city's buildings and the inspiration other architects have received from him has given water tower status of a cultural hallmark. Architecture Historic represents Jensen Wærum's water tower, a large group of water towers built in red bricks with lots of details in the brickwork, influenced by the National Romantic architectural trends around the last century. A practical and technical detail of the water tower is that the space in which the stairs is positioned between the outer wall and the cistern functions
as antifreeze.
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