Cologne water tower

The city of Kolín was the first of the larger cities on the Elbe that did not use Elbe water for the municipal water supply. In the years 1896-1904, according to the project of Ing. Hráské built the Štítarsky water supply. The low efficiency of the Štítar water supply forced the construction of a new water supply, which was completed in 1930 and was fed from two wells from a depth of 28 and 35 m. Above the larger well, a pumping station with a capacity of 2400...