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A tank on a stalk that every town needed and that municipal pride kept turning into a landmark.
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The Mushroom
1958 · Functionalism
Sätra radiolänktorn
1961 · Stockholm
Pildammstornet
1903 · Art Nouveau
Margitszigeti víztorony
1911 · Art Nouveau
Gamla vattentornet, Kalmar
1900 · Art Nouveau
Fernsehturm Stuttgart
1956 · Modernism
Berlin TV Tower
1969 · Modernism
Trelleborgs gamla vattentorn
1912 · Art Nouveau
Sydney Tower
1981 · Late Modernism
Nobbys Head Lighthouse
1821 · Colonial
Faro di Murano
1912 · Venice
Filborna Water Tower
2020 · Contemporary
Kamzík TV Tower
1975 · Modernism
Berlin Radio Tower
1926 · Art Deco
Gamla vattentornet
1899 · Oxelösund
Gamla vattentornet, Skara
1898 · National Romantic
Smygehuks fyr
1883 · Vernacular
Vilnius TV Tower
1981 · Modernism
Femörehuvuds fyr
1867 · Oxelösund
Hävringe båk
1752 · Baroque
Vattentornet i Sundbyberg
1912 · National Romantic
Tannefors slussar
1871 · Vernacular
Bergsjöns vattentorn
1966 · Miljonprogrammet
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