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Reservoir of Mocó

Brazil

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Reservatório do Mocó (English: Reservoir of Mocó or water box of Moco) is a water reservoir located in Manaus, northern Brazil in the street Belém, built in the 19th century, to the regular supply of water for the whole Manaus city at that time, remains in operation until the present day fuelling some neighbourhoods of the city, the monument belongs to water supply company, he was opened in 1899, the reservoir is a monument of renaissance style tumbled by IPHAN (National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage) as national historic heritage, composed of cast iron and ornate interior, covered by an external structure of masonry containing seven aedicules and seven arches with similar formats the windows and doors in the all pavilions, both in all their faces.

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

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