Baden. Waterloo Region. Southwestern Ontario
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Photo Credits:
© L: Mark Visser, 2005
R: Brian Legge, Oct. 2007

Tower Message:

Region of Waterloo Baden

Tower Location:

207 Snyder's Road
Tower Information
(03-05)
Built: 1974.
Height: 31.70 m.
Capacity: 1,818,436 liters

Construction: Aluminum clad concrete.
The old standpipe is still standing; but should be demolished by May 15, 2008. The new elevated tank was still under construction when tower was added to directory, 17 October, 2007
New elevated tank: Height: 42.75 m.
Capacity: 5,400,000 liters
Water source: Groundwater from wells in New Hamburg and Kitchener.
Area Information: The village of Baden was named by Jacob Beck (father of Sir Adam Beck) after his birthplace in the town of Baden in Germany. Established on the site of the earlier settlement of Weissenburg on Snyder’s Road, Wilmot Township, its development was spurred by the Grand Trunk Railway, built in 1855.
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