water tower
elevated structure supporting a water tank
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Summary
water tower ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,964 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: tower[2], water storage[3], technical monument[4], elevated structure[5]
- Has use: water supply[6]
- Commons category: Water towers[7]
- Has part(s): water tank[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Water towers[9]
- Commons gallery: Water tower[10]
- OpenStreetMap tag: man_made=water_tower[11], building=water_tower[12]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[14]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/WaterTower[15]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/04562935-n[16], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/104495074-n[17]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]
- Maintained by WikiProject: Wikipedia:WikiProjekt Vandtårne[19]
- P14692: 1571[20], 1531[21]
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Influence
Things named for water tower include fontaine du Château d'eau[22], a fountain[23], in France[24].
Why It Matters
water tower has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]
Entities named for it include fontaine du Château d'eau[22], a fountain[23], in France[24].