Tala tank
The Tala tank, also spelled Tallah tank, is a water tower in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Construction started in 1909 and it was inaugurated in May 1911 by Edward Norman Baker, the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Water tower
- Description: Water tank in India
- Also known as: “Tala Tank” and “Tallah Tank”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital and Tala railway station.
R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital
Hospital
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R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital is a public hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, India which started as Asia's first private medical college. It was established in 1886 to ensure self-sufficiency in medical education and services in the colonial era. R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital is situated 620 metres south of Tala tank.
Tala railway station
Railway station
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Tala is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in Tala, Kolkata. The station, which features two platforms, primarily functions as a freight yard, with only a few local trains making stops. Its station code is TALA. Tala railway station is situated 410 metres south of Tala tank.
Kolkata railway station
Railway station
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Kolkata railway station is the one of the large intercity railway stations serving Kolkata Metropolitan Area in West Bengal, India. The others are Sealdah, Howrah, Shalimar, Dankuni and Santragachi Junction. Kolkata railway station is situated 1 km southeast of Tala tank.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cossipore and Shyambazar-Hatibagan.
Cossipore
Suburb
Cossipore is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. One of the oldest neighbourhoods of the metropolis, it has a police station.
Shyambazar-Hatibagan
Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shyambazar is a prominent neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The popularity of Shyambazar five point crossing is due to the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Bagbazar
Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bagbazar is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The area, under Shyampukur police station of Kolkata Police, has been, along with neighbouring Shyambazar, the citadel of the Bengali aristocracy, in a part of what was earlier known as Sutanuti.
Tala tank
- Category: industry
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.61° or 22° 36′ 36″ northLongitude
88.37877° or 88° 22′ 44″ eastHeight
34 metres (112 feet)Operator
Kolkata Municipal CorporationOpen location code
7MJCJ95H+XGOpenStreetMap ID
way 359353557OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=water_towerWikidata ID
Q31726001
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In Other Languages
“Tala tank” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “টালা ট্যাংক”
- Bengali: “টালা ট্যাঙ্ক”
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