Pegeluhr
Pegeluhr stands on Düsseldorf’s Rhein promenade in the Altstadt, where a Jugendstil clock tower measures the river. Built in 1902, it combines a public clock with a gauge for the Rhein’s water level.
Inside, a float gauge follows the principle of communicating vessels, matching the gauge water with the river. A float controls the hands on two clock faces. The small hand shows metres, while the large hand shows centimetres, turning the dial into a readable water-level display. Historical high-water marks reach back to the nineteenth century. In 1954, a pneumatic gauge with remote data transmission supplemented the measuring system.
Standing 24.529 metres above sea level at Rhine kilometre 744.2, the tower remains a protected historical monument. Two moving clock hands connect Jugendstil architecture with the changing level of Düsseldorf’s river.
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