Reservoir of Mocó

Reservoir in Manaus, Brazil

Moco's Water Reservoir

Reservatório do Mocó

Moco reservoir, in Manaus, northern Brazil.

Alternative names| Water Box of Manaus
General information
Type| Reservoir
Architectural style| Renaissance style
Location| Amazonas
Address| Adrianopolis neighbourhood
Town or city| Manaus
Country| Brazil
Coordinates| 3°6′48.1″S 60°1′0″W﻿ / ﻿3.113361°S 60.01667°W﻿ / -3.113361; -60.01667
Construction started| 1896; 127 years ago (1896)
Completed| 1899
Inaugurated| 23 September 1899; 124 years ago (1899-09-23)
Owner| Water supply company of Manaus.
Renovating team
Architect(s)| Frank Hirst Hebblethwaite
Structural engineer| Henrique Eduardo Weaver

National Historic Heritage of Brazil

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,[1] the reservoir is a monument of renaissance style tumbled by IPHAN (National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage) as national historic heritage,[2][3] 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.

## See also[edit]

* Amazon Theatre
* Mercado Adolpho Lisboa
* Amazon River

## References[edit]

1. ^ GARCIA, Etelvina (2005). Manaus:Referências Históricas [Manaus: Historical References] (in Portuguese). Norma.
2. ^ "Heritage Patrimony of Brazil" (PDF). portal.iphan.gov.br (in Portuguese). IPHAN. 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
3. ^ SOUZA, João Batista de Faria e (2014). Um historiador, alguns fatos inéditos e muitas histórias [A historian, some unpublished facts and many histories] (in Portuguese). Mídia Ponto Comm Publicidade Ltda & DCC. p. 153.

## External links[edit]

* http://bndigital.bn.br/hemeroteca-digital/

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