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Fire Watchtower

The Fire Watchtower (Foișorul de Foc), the 42-meter tower near Obor, was built between 1891 and 1892 to plans by George Mandrea, then chief architect of the capital, as a lookout point from which firefighters signaled fires in the city. It was also intended as a water tower, but the Grozăvești waterworks did not have pumps powerful enough to fill it. With the appearance of tall buildings and the telephone, it lost its purpose in 1935, and since 1963 it has housed the National Firefighters Museum.

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The place appears on 43 maps and images, from 1790 to today:

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