Water Tanks On Roofs With Words Soho Nyc

This produces a large water column and the weight of this water produces very high pressure.

Water tanks on roofs with words soho 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. As building height increases the vertical height of its plumbing also increases. Water storage tank on a roof in new york city green rooftop water tank against a blue sky with. It takes 2 3 hours to.

This structure supplies water pressure to floors at higher elevation than public water towers. Roof mounted rooftop domestic solar hot water geyser with photovoltaic. This entry was posted on february 20 2017 at 7 48 am and is filed under art. Although they often look defunct water tanks are still an essential part of the city s day to day needs.

Wooden water tanks were vital in the early twentieth century as the city grew skyward. Wooden water tank on the roof of a building in soho area new york buildings new york city usa. In buildings with more than six floors pumps push water to rooftop tanks where the water is stored until needed. 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.

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. Water tanks still serve a function. You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2 0 feed. 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.