Vesitorni : Yhdyskunnan maamerkki = Water Tower : Landmark of the Community
77: Accociation of Finnish Civil Engineers, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in English and Finnish. 174 pp. A very small tear on the dust jacket. Overall nice condition: no markings or stains.
What is a water tower? Is it symbol of a functional water distribution system? How many water towers are there in Finland, and what do they look like? Is a water tower a part of an urban community? What is the metaphor of a water tower? A water tower increases water pressure, and even the Romans had these constructions. In the Middle Ages there were a lot of towers, but only few of them functioned as water towers.
After seeing the Eiffel Tower, the national author of Finland, Juhani Aho, compared it to a spruce! The book published by the Association of Finnish civil engineers RIL is based on a licenciate's dissertation, which was passed in Tampere University of Technology. The writer believes to have found answers to the questions that were brought up in the beginning.
A modern water tower is a part the health of an urban community and the goal to improve fire resistance, which is set by both ordinary citizens and experts appreciating technique and humanity Community needs domestic and fire fighting water, and most effectively it is distributed when it is pressurized.
Every book has a plot. In this book it is a chronological order, which is considered to be an understandable style in the western countries. The question whether these phenomena are that straightforward is the subject for a new story. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #6228
ISBN: 9517584342
Price: $100.00