Ancient Water Tower in Banda Aceh

rajadata (42)in #history • 7 years ago (edited)

Hi stemians...
If you visit Banda Aceh do not forget to stop by ancient Water Tower.
This water tower is located on the edge of City Hall, Kampung Baru Village, Baiturrahman Sub-district, Banda Aceh City, adjacent to Taman Sari, not far from the former tread of Aceh Hotel in front of Baiturrahman Great Mosque.

This tower is a Dutch colonial relic. In Dutch called Water Toren. The building was founded in 1880. At this time the tower is not working. The flat part of the building is round and has a door made of wood and facing west. Part of this door is made prominent and shaped gate with pyramid shape. The roof of the building is made of zinc-shaped dome, at the top of the roof there is a hexagon-shaped peak. At the front of the door approximately 3 meters there is a water reservoir of concrete in which the water pipe installation encountered approximately 2 meters from the ground.

Thus the brief information we managed to collect, may be useful...