ELA-3 Water Tower, Kourou - SkyscraperPage.com

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ELA-3 Water Tower
château d'eau d'ELA-3

Kourou French Guiana

Status:	built
Construction Dates
Finished	1996

Building Uses

- industrial

Structural Types

- water tower

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Description
• World's tallest water tower since August of 2013.
• Volume: 1500 cubic metres.
• This water tower is used for cooling the structure of Ariane 5 launchpad at launch.

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