Château d'eau de Saigon

1880 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

This 1880 photograph shows the château d'eau, or water tower, built in colonial-era Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Structures like this formed part of the municipal infrastructure developed under French colonial administration in Indochina.

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