Grand Central Water Tower Midrand - Wikipedia

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Midrand / Grand Central Water Tower Midrand
Grand Central Water Tower, Midrand, Gauteng
Location within South Africa
General information
Type	Water tower
Location	Midrand, Gauteng
Coordinates	25°59′37.4″S 28°08′19.5″E / 25.993722°S 28.138750°E
Construction started	1997
Height
Tip	40 m (131 ft)
Design and construction
Architecture firm	GAPP Architects & Urban Designers

The Grand Central Water Tower Midrand near Johannesburg in South Africa is an exceptional water tower, both considering its design as a concrete container in the shape of an inverted cone, and also considering the volume of the tower: 6500 m³.^[1] It was built in 1997 and is located near Grand Central Airport in Midrand.

• Christina Muwanga: South Africa: a guide to recent architecture. Ellipsis, London 1999, ISBN 1899858563, S. 216–217.