Vattentorn: Estland

Veetornid: Eesti

Harjumaa
Hiiumaa
Ida-Virumaa
Jõgevamaa
Järvamaa

Läänemaa/Wiek
Lääne-Virumaa
Põlvamaa
Pärnumaa
Raplamaa

Saaremaa
Tartumaa
Valgamaa
Viljandimaa
Võrumaa

Harjumaa

Aegviidu (railway)

N 59.2871 – E 25.6091

Audevälja, Keila-Haapsalu

N 59.1828 – E 24.0856

Ellemaa, Tööstuse (power plant)

N 59.0777 – E 24.2419

Habajaa, Sipasoo tee

N 59.1065 – E 25.1702

Hara (military)

N 59.5784 – E 25.6133

Hara was an old Soviet military base, that they left for 20 years ago. The water tower is now in a very bad condition, with stolen tank and no roof. /Toomas Plaan

Jüri, Aruküla tee

N 59.3570 – E 24.8981

Karjaküla, Naaritsa

N 59.3387 – E 24.3905

Kehra, Kooli

N 59.3286 – E 25.3334

Keila, Jaama (tower demolished)

N 59.3086 – E 24.4167

Keila (railway)

N 59.3062 – E 24.4162

Kiiu, Veski

N 59.4500 – E 25.3887

An old windmill, there it is a water tank. I believe it’s a construction, when the windmill was decommissioned. /Toomas Plaan

Klooga, Kalda puiestee

N 59.3193 – E 24.2243

Kuusalu

N 59.4444 – E 25.4351

Loksa, Tallinna tn

N 59.5868 – E 25.7066

Loo, Vibeliku tee

N 59.4320 – E 24.9488

Munalaskme park

N 59.1849 – E 24.2671

Paldiski, Jaama (railway)

N 59.3455 – E 24.0575

Paldiski, Sadama

N 59.3551 – E 24.0867

Patika

N 59.3162 – E 24.9345

Peningi, Raasiku tee

N 59.3367 – E 25.1556

Raasiku (railway)

N 59.3660 – E 25.1728

Riisipere (tower demolished)

N 59.1026 – E 24.3140

Riisipere (railway)

N 59.1182 – E 24.3104

Suurpea (1)

N 59.6262 – E 25.6910

It is a quite amazing story.
When I one time visited Loksa water tower, saw I from the top of the tower, far away – behind all trees, something that could be another water tower.
Later I tried to find this place. It was like a time travel. Old soviet military base, only russians in 10…12 storey houses: music, chickens, russian flags…
But no water tower. I asked an old lady on a balcony on the second floor – where is the tower? She came down, took very freindly my hand and showed me the trail I should go.
Between the trees I saw first a high tower with steel tank, then after 50 meter a solid brick tower, and after further 50 meters a steel tank again.
It was like a science fiction movie!!
After 10 minutes reconnoitring – there was two water towers. Even better!
But it was not easy to take pictures among all these trees.

Toomas Plaan
2016-06-03

Suurpea (2)

N 59.6263 – E 25.6916

Sõrve, Jaama tee (railway)

N 59.4204 – E 24.4639

Water tower of an old narrow-gauge railway (earlier military, later normal railway). /Toomas Plaan

Tabasalu, Teenuste

N 59.4286 – E 24.5427

Tagadi (agrarian)

N 59.2279 – E 24.7508

Tallinn, Suurtüki

N 59.4427 – E 24.7434

Tallinn, Tuvi

N 59.4296 – E 24.7411

Tallinn, Kopli (Bekker shipyard) (industry)

N 59.4580 – E 24.6744

Tallinn, Telliskivi (railway)

N 59.4407 – E 24.7295

Tallinn, Volta (industry)

N 59.4491 – E 24.7268

Tallinn, Sitsi (Balti Manufaktuur) (industry)

N 59.4498 – E 24.7011

N 59.4504 – E 24.7024

N 59.4512 – E 24.7044

Tallinn, Kitseküla, Tallinn-Väike (railway)

N 59.4104 – E 24.744

Tallinn, Kopli, Köievabrik (industry)

N 59.4504 – E 24.7076

*The tank is small and isolated with asbest.*

Tallinn, Maarjamäe, Pirita tee (industry)

N 59.4525 – E 24.8108

Tallinn, Erika

N 59.4496 – E 24.7162

Tallinn, Laevastiku (industry)

N 59.4588 – E 24.6972

Tallinn, Haabersti

N 59.4278 – E 25.6403

Tallinn, Merimetsa (hospital)

N 59.4307 – E 24.7012

Tallinn, Liiva raudteepeatus (railway)

N 59.3886 – E 24.7236

Tallinn, Kaluri (Eesti Mereakadeemia)

N 59.4616 – E 24.6661

Tallinn, Harku, Paemurru tee (quarry)

N 59.4043 – E 24.6043

Tallinn, Kopli, Maleva

N 59.4610 – E 24.6775

Tallinn, Ülemiste, Keevise

N 59.4211 – E 24.8002

Tallinn, Tatari

N 59.4245 – E 24.7451

Vasalemma

N 59.2327 – E 24.2514

Permission from Collection of Harjumaa Muuseum to publish the picture.

Maardu

Hiiumaa/Dagö

Emmaste (agrarian)

N 58.7086 – E 22.5875

Suuremõisa, Niidufarmi tee

N 58.8760 – E 22.9377

Viskoosa, Kõrgessaare, Tööstuse (industry)

N 58.9797 – E 22.4692

Ida-Virumaa

Ahtme, Maleva

N 59.3249 – E 27.4239

Aseri, Tsemendi (industry)

N 59.4537 – E 26.8675

Jõhvi, Kaare

N 59.3492 – E 27.4129

Jõhvi, Sompa (industry)

N 59.3582 – E 27.3866

Kiviõli

Kothla-Järve

N 59.4022 – E 27.2963

Kothla-Järve (railway)

N 59.3957 – E 27.2470

Kukruse

N 59.3868 – E 27.3560

Laagna

N 59.3968 – E 27.9695

Lüganuse

N 59.3387 – E 27.0319

Narva, Aleksander Puškini

N 59.3767 – E 28.1940

Narva (railway)

N 59.3682 – E 28.1959

Narva, Kreenholm, Kose (textile industry)

N 59.3621 – E 28.1990

Narva, Kreenholm,(textile industry)

Coordinates:

1 = N 59.3591 – E 28.1927
2 = N 59.3586 – E 28.1939
3 = N 59.3585 – E 28.1944
4 = N 59.3578 – E 28.1927
5 = N 59.3577 – E 28.1932

6 = N 59.3591 – E 28.1975
7 = N 59.3589 – E 28.1987
8 = N 59.3582 – E 28.1969
9 = N 59.3580 – E 28.1981
10 = N 59.3579 – E 28.1967

11 = N 59.3569 – E 28.1978
12 = N 59.3568 – E 28.1960
13 = N 59.3566 – E 28.1971
14 = N 59.3580 – E 28.1991
15 = N 59.3571 – E 28.1988

Narva-Jõesuu, Koidu/Pargi

N 59.4589 – E 28.0402

Püssi, Raudtee (railway)

N 59.3589 – E 27.0529

Peeterristi, Vaivara vald

N 59.3988 – E 28.0758

Sillamäe (industry)

N 59.3990 – E 27.7364

Sonda (railway)

N 59.3485 – E 26.8498

Suur-Lootsi

N 59.4665 E 28.0412

Tammiku

N 59.3381 – E 27.3923

Tammiku, Tammiku

N 59.3280 – E 27.3800

Toila, Altküla, Liiva

N 59.4188 – E 27.5052

Toila, Toila gümnaasium, Pühajõe

N 59.4220 – E 27.5365

Uusküla, Männiku tee

N 59.0016 – E 27.3113

Vaivara, Jaama

N 59.3719 – E 27.7661

Viivikonna, Torni

N 59.3372 – E 27.6918

Voka, Voka mõis, Pargi

N 59.4125 – E 27.5809

Jõgevamaa

Avinurme, Põllu

N 58.9887 – E 26.8808

Jõgeva, Puiestee

N 58.7432 – E 26.3970

Jõgeva (railway)

N 58.7463 – E 26.4020

Mustvee, Tähe

N 58.8487 – E 26.9442

Pikknurme

N 58.5996 – E 26.2185

Vägari

N 58.7298 – E 26.2209

Järvamaa

Järva-Jaani, Mõisa

N 59.0468 – E 25.8855

Paide, Pärnu

N 58.8874 – E 25.5630

Paide, Mündi

N 58.8794 – E 25.5691

Türi, Jaama (railway)

N 58.8041 – E 25.4251

Türi, F. J. Wiedemanni

N 58.8087 – E 25.4310

Läänemaa/Wiek

Haapsalu / Hapsal, Posti/Nurme

N 58.9417 – E 23.5420

Haapsalu / Hapsal (former Soviet Union garrison)

N 58.9578 – E 23.5141

Haapsalu / Hapsal (railway)

N 58.9327 – E 23.5374

Haapsalu / Hapsal, Kiltsi, Vabriku

N 58.9189 – E 23.5208

Kirimäe (1)

N 58.9332 – E 23.7430

Kirimäe (2)

N 58.9184 – E 23.7626

Lihula / Leal (railway)

N 58.6808 – E 23.8462

Risti (railway)

N 58.9980 – E 24.0498

Virtsu (industry)

N 58.5807 – E 23.5229

Lääne-Virumaa

Avispea

N 59.1178 E 26.3866

Essu, Varangu-Essu

N 59.4415 – E 26.3673

Kunda, Kasemäe

N 59.5000 – E 26.5136

Lammasküla (agrarian)

N 59.0031 – E 26.2703

Padu (agrarian)

N 59.0696 – E 26.4891

Põdrangu

N 59.1380 – E 26.1256

Rakvere (railway)

N 59.3577 – E 26.3625

Simuna, Katsejaama tee (agrarian)

N 59.0515 – E 26.3902

Sivi

N 59.0307 – E 26.6898

Sääse

N 59.1645 – E 26.1399

Tammise (agrarian)

N 59.4414 – E 26.3673

Tamsalu, Tööstuse (railway)

N 59.1636 – E 26.0999

Tamsalu, Tööstuse (industry)

N 59.1620 – E 26.0939

Tapa (railway)

N 59.2658 – E 25.9636

*The roof of the water tower has burned last year. /Toomas Plaan*

Tapa, Malle (industry)(tower demolished)

N 59.2685 – E 25.9651

Tapa Karja, Karja tn (industry)

N 59.2601 – E 25.9269

Tõrma

N 59.3238 – E 26.3464

Undla, Vohnja-Kadrina (distillery)

N 59.3503 – E 26.1094

Vinni, Sõpruse

N 59.2919 – E 26.4271

Vinni, Pargi

N 59.2932 – E 26.4304

Põlvamaa

Krootuse, Tuulemäe tee

N 58.0718 – E 26.8306

Mooste, Suurfarmitagune tee

N 58.1606 E 27.1995

Põlva (railway)

N 58.0689 – E 27.0916

Raigla

N 58.1057 E 27.5120

Räpina, Metsa

N 58.0987 – E 27.4678

Veriora, Jaama (railway)

N 58.0051 – E 27.3561

Viluste (agrarian)

N 57.9935- E 27.3444

Pärnumaa

Audru, Kuuse

N 58.4149 – E 24.3311

Halinga, Loomse (agrarian)

N 58.5961 – E 24.5046

Lavassaare, Võidu

N 58.5124 – E 24.3735

Lemmetsa

N 58.4379 E 24.3915

Oidrema

N 58.5971 – E 23.9319

Pärnu, Ülejõe

N 58.3935 – E 24.4934

Pärnu, Suur-Sepa

N 58.3820 – E 24.5080

Sindi, Pärnu maantee (industry)

N 58.4095 – E 24.6581

Sindi, Pärnu maantee (city hall)

N 58.4031 – E 24.6453

Sindi, Pärnu maantee (industry)

N 58.4089 – E 24.6541

Tootsi, Tööstuse tn (industry)

N 58.5868 – E 24.7877

Treimani, Sadama tee (industry)

N 57.9186 – E 24.385

Vändra, C. R. Jakobsoni

N 58.6537 – E 25.03902

Raplamaa

Kohila, Jaama (railway)

N 59.1713 – E 24.7431

Lelle (railway)

N 58.8667 – E 25.0093

Märjamaa, Oru

N 58.9052 – E 24.4325

Märjama, Jaama (railway)

N 58.8980 – E 24.4368

Rapla (railway)

N 58.9943 – E 24.8317

Vana-Vigala, Jaama (railway)

N 58.7667 – E 24.2620

Saaremaa/Ösel

Kuressaare, Tallinna (Living Water Tower)

N 58.2538 – E 22.4895

Kuressaare, Pikk

N 58.2692 – E 22.4921

Karja, Ranna Tee

Orissaare, Ranna puiestee

N 58.5604 – E 23.0800

Tartumaa

Elva

N 58.2339 – E 26.4109

Elva (railway)

N 58.2238 – E 26.4251

Kallaste, Staadioni

N 58.6640 E 27.1600

Kallaste, Tööstuse

N 58.6718 – E 27.1631

Luke, Tamsa

N 58.2394 – E 26.5357

Nõo, Kalju Aigro

N 58.2807 – E 26.5373

Rebase

N 58.2378 – E 26.7963

Rõngu, Tiksi farm (agrarian)

N 58.1277 – E 26.2425

Tartu, Raadi

N 58.4002 – E 26.7433

Tartu, Õpetaja

N 58.3749 – E 26.7165

Tartu, Vaksali (railway)

N 58.3727 – E 26.7089

Tartu, Tulbi

N 58.3739 – E 26.6919

Valgamaa

Sangaste (railway)

N 57.8619 – E 26.1863

Sangaste-Tsirguliina, sawmill (industry)

N 57.8601 – E 26.1873

Sangaste, Lossiküla (castle)

N 57.9029 – E 26.2807

Taheva, Tsirgumäe, Sanatooriumi

N 57.6044 – E 26.3351

Valga, Lai (residential)

N 57.7741 – E 26.0394

Valga, Jaama puiestee (railway)

N 57.7748 – E 26.0501

Valga, Tehnika (railway)

N 57.7726 – E 26.0542

Valga, Aia/Mesipuu (sauna)

N 57.7751 – E 26.0345

Viljandimaa

Abja-Paluoja

N 58.1269 – E 25.3492

Karksi-Nuia

N 58.0989 – E 25.5538

Läs om vattentornet – Ebers vattentorn – Cirkulation nr 4/2017.

I den gamla estniska staden Karksi-Nuia, nära gränsen mot Lettland, står sedan 1994 ett 35 meter högt vattentorn med fyra cisterner, som vardera rymmer 30 m³ vilket ger en total volym på 120 m³. Det är ett lettiskt bolag som konstruerat detta standardvattentorn, med varierande antal cisterner.

I Lettland kan man finna vattentorn med såväl två, tre som fyra cisterner ordnade på samma sätt som i Karksi-Nuia. I den mycket lilla staden Ape i nordöstra Lettland står intill varandra tre vattentorn med vardera tre cisterner, alltså totalt nio cisterner. Frågan är om det är den optimala lösningen?

Ladda ner Cirkulations version som pdf-fil.

Karksi-Nuia, Ettevõtluse

N 58.1058 – E 25.5418

Mõisaküla (railway)

N 58.0943 – E 25.1862

Olustvere, Talli (tower demolished)

N 58.5539 – E 25.5691

Suure-Jaani, Lembitu puiestee

N 58.5373 – E 25.4762

Tohvri, Tohvri tee (industry)

N 58.3927 – E 25.3533

Viljandi, Uusna

N 58.3911 – E 25.7449

Viljandi, Johan Laidoneri plats

N 58.3628 – E 25.6012

Läs om vattentornet – Ebers vattentorn – Cirkulation nr 7/2007.

Det är inte helt ovanligt att äldre vattentorn, som inte längre är i drift, får en ny uppgift som utsiktstorn. I regel får då rör och reservoarer vara kvar intakta, antingen det sker av kostnads- eller av byggnadsantikvariska skäl. Ovanligt är det däremot att hela övre delen av tornet lyfts bort och ersätts med en kopia.

Så skedde dock år 2001 i den estniska staden Viljandi, när dess 30 meter höga vattentorn, byggt 1911 och tagit ur drift 1960, genom en insamling i stadens Rotary Clubs försorg, fick en ny oktagonal trevåningsöverdel. Nu kan man här se på både utsikten och stadshistoriska bilder.

Ladda ner Cirkulations version som en pdf-fil.

Sign at the water tower:

VILJANDI WATERWORKS AND THE OLD WATER TOWER 1911
By the beginning of the 2Oth century the population growth and expanded business activities in the centre of the town caused numerous communal problems to the municipal government of that time, including the problem of water supply. To solve it, a committee of officials and businessmen was formed at the town council meeting on 25 October 1908. Already in the preliminary stage of work it was clear that there were not sufficient financial means and local skilled work force available for building waterworks. Furthermore, other major projects were in progress – drainage of the lands of the municipal estate of Vilratsi, construction of the sewerage and a slaughterhouse. For the purpose of building the waterworks the municipal government, led by the active mayor Otto v. Engelhard. and the town council decided to make a loan of 40 000 roubles. In autumn 1909 the Rosenberg-Niilus company from Valga started boring the first well and reached underground water in the depth of 45 feet [14 m]. However, the water in the well at the site of the water tower, near the so-called Raska house, was unsuitable because of its high iron content and so in 1911 a new one was ordered from the Siegel and Co from Tallinn to be built near the slaughterhouse. The quantity and quallty of water from the new 298-feet [91 m] well, which was bored between the present Rannapuiestee and the stadium, was satisfactory.
The year 1911 was marked by major digging and piping works in the town, as well as tower building. Still the works were not completed on time. Due to the concurrence of several major projects there was labour shortage in the town. In the competition for employing unskilled workers, farmers from the surroundings of Viljandi tried to overpay the workers. Furthermore, digging was hindered by an unusually wet summer – excavation works were delayed by heavy downpours; the hurriedly filled trenches turned into clay sloughs, which seriously obstructed traffic in the streets. Because of the medieval origin of Viljandi much new and interesting was found in the course of extensive excavation. For instance, the foundation of the watertower was laid on the site of the graveyard around the former St. John and Clara church and numbers of skulls were dug out there. On the corner of Lossi and Oru street workers discovered an old drainage system. The amateur archaeologist members of Viljandi Literary Society could for the first time locate the site and draw the plans of Tartu and Riga Gates. Despite the delay in works and all the obstacles the whole water system was completed before the cold. For the 30-metre water tower a tank holding 6600 buckets [125 m³] of water was ordered from Uno Pohrt’s engineering plant in Kantreküla, and already on 26 October water was pumped in. Around 24 November the first water tests were carried through in different parts of the town – near Schöler’s pharmacy on the Old Market, near the Stifthouse on the corner of Tallinn and Veske street, on the corner of Tartu and Lossi streets and elsewhere. The jet of water reached higher than the roof of a three-storey house, and therefore it was possible to use the water for firefighting purposes. After the water system was taken into use, the piping leaked in some places but soon these problems were solved. A somewhat more serious trouble arose when water consumption became higher than estimated and the pump failed to filt the reservoir to the required level. In 1912 a more powerful pump was procured. The same year the first fountain was opened in Lastepark.
The water tower was used until the new multi-storeyed residential building/water tower was completed in 1960 and has been in disuse since then. In 1981 a draft was made to reconstruct the old tower into a lookout, but there were no interested parties and fortunately the plan was never executed. As a result of the restoration campaign initiated by the Iocal Rotary Club, the tower got a new three-storey, steel structure top. In June 2001 the lookout received its first visitors.