Berlin Water Towers8: Ostbahnhof

Situated on what was once Berlin's main train station, the Ostbahnhof water tower (b.1881) once filled steam engines bound for Silesia.  But after WWII, the heavily damaged station was relocated across the street.  Then they drained the tower in 1963.  And visitors declined further in 2006, after Berlin's current central station became operational.

Still, Ostbahnhof's water tower may be the last thing a sated traveler sees of Berlin, as she drifts off on her way to Cottbus.  The tower now occupies a small circus ground, it oversees hipsters getting a start in Friedrichsheim, and it is now happily bejewelled with a JR installment of "Wrinkles of the City."