American tanks
From Chicago.
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The Três Caixas d'Água, the Three Water Tanks, are the symbol of Porto Velho: three metal water tanks designed and built by the American firm Chicago Bridge & Iron Works and erected in the Caiary district between 1910 and 1912, a few years after the city was founded. Each holds 200,000 litres and worked by gravity, supplying the city's water and serving the works of the Madeira-Mamoré Railway; they stayed in use until the 1950s, with sources giving 1957 as the end. They were listed as historic heritage in 1988. The three tanks appear on the city flag, designed in 1983 with inspiration from the historian Antônio Cândido, as a memorial to the city's origins and a tribute to the builders of the railway. A small square surrounds them, making a short photo stop near the railway complex.
From Chicago.
Porto Velho's symbol.
Madeira-Mamoré.
Caiary district, Porto Velho, Rondônia
As a symbol of Porto Velho's origins and a tribute to the Madeira-Mamoré railway builders.
