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elevated structure supporting a water tank
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water tower

Summary

water tower ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (272 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • water tower is a type of tower[2].
  • water tower is a type of water storage[3].
  • water tower is a type of technical monument[4].
  • water tower is used for water supply[5].
  • water tower's Commons category is recorded as Water towers[6].
  • water tower comprises water tank[7].
  • water tower's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Water towers[8].
  • water tower's Commons gallery is recorded as Water tower[9].
  • water tower's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=water_tower[10].
  • water tower's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as building=water_tower[11].
  • water tower's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • water tower's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[13].
  • water tower's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/WaterTower[14].
  • water tower's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/04562935-n[15].
  • water tower's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/104495074-n[16].
  • water tower's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].
  • water tower's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as Q59078986[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include tower[2], water storage[3], and technical monument[4].

Use and Application

water tower is used for water supply[5]. It comprises water tank[7].

Influence

Things named for water tower include fontaine du Château d'eau[19], a fountain[20], in France[21].

Why It Matters

water tower ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (272 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for it include fontaine du Château d'eau[19], a fountain[20], in France[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Roihuvuori water tower - Helsinki Finland.jpg, Melbourne Water Tower (Florida) 1.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18102, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 16d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9
    Maintained by wikiproject → Q59078986
    Topic's main category → Category:Water towers
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q7973769]]"
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