Water Tanks On Roofs With Words Soho Nyc

Wooden water tanks were vital in the early twentieth century as the city grew skyward.

Water tanks on roofs with words soho nyc.

Andreas feininger new york in the 1950s rooftops new york city streets of new york 1950s water tanks on nyc buildings wooden water towers nyc. Owners of buildings that use tanks to store or pressurize the building s drinking water must have the tanks inspected at least once per year. Although they often look defunct water tanks are still an essential part of the city s day to day needs. In buildings with more than six floors pumps push water to rooftop tanks where the water is stored until needed.

You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2 0 feed. As building height increases the vertical height of its plumbing also increases. New york city s skyline is dotted with wooden water towers that are easy to mistake for vanishing relics of the bygone eras of seltzer bottles and street gas lamps. The wooden tanks on top of buildings all over the city are a quirk of new york s infrastructure.

View across rooftops of manhattan with iconic water tanks of new york. This produces a large water column and the weight of this water produces very high pressure. It takes 2 3 hours to. Water tanks help deliver drinking water to millions of new york city residents.

This structure supplies water pressure to floors at higher elevation than public water towers. Water tanks still serve a function. This entry was posted on february 20 2017 at 7 48 am and is filed under art. A rooftop water tower is a variant of a water tower consisting of a water container placed on the roof of a tall building.

Like many of the fixtures within new york city s infrastructure many of us see water tanks dotting rooftops but have little idea of their specific uses and upkeep.