Torre d’aigües de Carrasco i Formiguera

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Torre d’aigües de Carrasco i Formiguera

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The Torre d’aigües de Carrasco i Formiguera tower is part of the city’s industrial heritage, which once supplied water to the stately homes of the period.

Cultural heritage

The water towers we find scattered throughout the city have become monuments to civil engineering. At the Plaça dels Setze Jutges, the houses are long gone, but the tower that provided them with subterranean water still sands. During the 19th century, water towers were a common element in suburban communities, which set them apart from the wells and public fountains that provided the lower classes with water. Standing out among the newly built apartment blocks, this element of industrial archaeology needed to be tall enough for the water stored in the dome to flow down under pressure and reach the surrounding houses.

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