The water tower in Domburg, in the Dutch province of Zeeland, was designed by Hendrik Sangster and built in 1933 for the water company of the municipality of Domburg. The tower is 28.5 m high and has a storage capacity of 200 m³.
The municipality of Domburg purchased the drinking water from the Middelburg Municipal Water Supply Company, which operated a water abstraction area in the current Oranjezon nature reserve. On the Noordweg between Serooskerke and Vrouwenpolder, the water intended for Domburg was isolated in a reservoir and transported via a pumping station to the water tower in Domburg. The water tower put the pressure on the water in the pipes to the house connections.
The tower is a national monument and cannot be visited. It is now located in the middle of the De Manteling van Walcheren natural monument. There is no road that can be accessed by third parties. The tower was severely damaged in the Second World War. The closed holes are still clearly visible. The color of the upper part comes from the oxidized copper roofing sheets. The tower is privately owned. Plans to give the tower a new purpose are difficult to realize because of the monument status and the location in a nature reserve.
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