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Water Tower San Nicolas

Aruba

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Water Tower San Nicolas (Watertoren San Nicolas) is a water tower and museum in San Nicolaas, Aruba. It was built in 1939 to relieve the water shortage in Aruba. In 1979, the tower became obsolete and in 1996, it was transferred to the monument fund and restored. In 2016, the industry museum opened in the tower.

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

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