A stone's throw from Ostbahnhof station in the German capital, Berlin, you will come across this brick water tower from 1880.
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Barely a quarter of a century after constructing the Anhalter Bahn railway depot, the water reservoir was no longer sufficient to supply the larger and more powerful steam locomotives. That is why a completely new water tower was erected in 1908.
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