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Poldertoren

Netherlands

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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The Poldertoren is a water tower at the town center of Emmeloord, Netherlands. The Dutch name Poldertoren could be translated as Polder Tower. The 65-meter tower was built in 1959 and has a large carillon. The tower is no longer in use as a water tower. The owner of the tower was the water company, Vitens, but since 2005 the municipality of Noordoostpolder has owned the tower. A replica of this watertower exists in Japan.

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

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