Caption

Reick gasworks, 1907 08 Hans Erlwein designed the gas tank of the municipal gasworks in Reick, a cylinder with a diameter of 60 metres. Gas operations ceased in 1973, and after reunification there were ambitious plans to build a musical theatre (for the musical Sissi) inside the shell

Date

Jul 29, 2007

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

Reference

BRK24G12_296

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27.2Mb (1.8Mb) / 12.6in x 8.4in / 3780 x 2515 (300dpi)

Keywords

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