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Grand Central Water Tower Midrand

South Africa

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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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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