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Reservoir of Mocó

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Alternative names
  
Water Box of Manaus

Location
  
Amazonas

Completed
  
1899

Town or city
  
Manaus

Construction started
  
1896

Type
  
Reservoir

Country
  
Brazil

Opened
  
1899

Inaugurated
  
23 September 1899

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Address
  
Adrianopolis neighbourhood

Architectural style
  
Renaissance Revival architecture

Similar
  
Mercado Adolpho Lisboa, Palacete Provincial, Palácio Rio Negro, Praça Heliodoro Balbi, Museu da Casa Eduardo

Reservatório do Mocó (English: Reservoir of Mocó or water box of Moco) is a water reservoir located in Manaus, northern Brazil in the street Belém, built in the 19th century, to the regular supply of water for the whole Manaus city at that time, remains in operation until the present day fuelling some neighbourhoods of the city, the monument belongs to water supply company, he was opened in 1899, the reservoir is a monument of renaissance style tumbled by IPHAN (National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage) as national historic heritage, composed of cast iron and ornate interior, covered by an external structure of masonry containing seven aedicules and seven arches with similar formats the windows and doors in the all pavilions, both in all their faces.

References

Reservoir of Mocó Wikipedia