Ülemiste Water Treatment Plant

Järvevana tee 3, Tallinn

1927, Erich Jacoby

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Lake Ülemiste and its water are of central importance to Tallinn. It’s no wonder that the legend of the lake’s old man, who has long been planning to flood the city, has arisen. Since the 1920s, the Ülemiste water treatment plant has been located on the shore of the lake, where, over a process lasting about 17 hours, the lake water is purified into clean drinking water that reaches the homes of Tallinn.

The oldest part of the water treatment plant is the building of the Tallinn Filter Waterworks, designed by Erich Jacoby and completed in 1927. This was Estonia’s first building in the functionalist style, consisting of a five-story chemical building and adjoining filter buildings to the west, with machinery and pump houses to the east. The Tallinn Filter Waterworks building is one of the most significant achievements of 1920s industrial architecture – notable for its construction technique, including the clean water reservoir and sedimentation basin, built with so-called mushroom ceilings on reinforced concrete foundations.

Photo: Kaupo Kalda

In the parking area within the water treatment plant premises

Direction of water flow in the plant, old filter waterworks building. A large part of the tour will be outside

Saturday, October 1211:00 (RUS), 12:00, 13:00, 14:00 (ENG), 15:00, 16:00

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45-60 min

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