Tårnhuset, St. Hanshaugen, Oslo
Oslo, St. Hanshaugen, christmas 2008.
Tårnhuset (The Tower House) is now a kindergarten. The basin in front
of it is now a water fountain (albeit closed in winter, like in this
shot.)
But the building with the tower overlooking most of Oslo and the basin
was built ca. 1870 to 1875 as city water reservoir. The high point in
the city was ideal for distributing water in the nearby areas. The
water reservoir was active well into the second half of the 20th
century, as shown by this tale (sorry, Norwegian only).
The only reason I posted this shot was that the Flickr blog posted a
message about 169 photos from Scandinavia taken during the 1890's have
been posted by the US Library of Congress under the Flickr Commons
program in this set.
I'll post a link to the image showing a panorama of Oslo (Christiania)
taken during the 1890s below. The photo was no doubt taken in from the
tower of this house.
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trondjs (53 months ago | reply)
Panorama from St. Hanshaugen, Christiania, Norway (1890s)
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lemperleconnie (53 months ago | reply)
Wow such beautiful phtos! A pleasure to view!
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nicholsphotos (53 months ago | reply)
what a cool old building for a kindergarten.
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Eyesplash - There is a change in the air. (53 months ago | reply)
wow it looked good even in the 1800's.
The water resevoir looks more like a personal swimming pool.
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gherm (53 months ago | reply)
Beautiful building! I like your framing.
@rild (53 months ago | reply)
Beautiful image... excellent composition !
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Mihai-ela (52 months ago | reply)
great view
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called It's Not About You, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Davydutchy (49 months ago | reply)
Interesting story going with this pic. Thanks!
Ray Horwath (44 months ago | reply)
Very nice image, and I agree, that's an interesting story.
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Very nice photo!
Really beautiful light!
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