Water Tower at Former Hakdari Station, Hampyeong

Built in 1921, this structure is a water tower constructed to supply water to steam locomotives. As a water-supply facility it played a major role in rail transport for 34 years, but as steam locomotives were gradually replaced by diesel locomotives it lost its function as a water tower in 1955, and it has remained in that state to this day. It is a stone cylindrical tower of a type rarely seen nationwide, built with its left and right sides identical in shape. As a railway facility that played an important role at a key transport junction during the process of modernisation, it holds high value.

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Where it is

Region

Hampyeong, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산