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Grand Central Water Tower Midrand

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The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Grand Central Water Tower Midrand
Grand Central Water Tower Midrand. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Grand Central Water Tower Midrand near Johannesburg in South Africa is an exceptional water tower, both considering its design as a concrete container in the shape of an inverted cone, and also considering the volume of the tower: 6500 m³. It was built in 1997 and is located near Grand Central Airport in Midrand.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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