Water Tower, Zhitomir

Does Ukraine sister Leaning Tower of Pisa? Water Tower in Zhytomyr, which is one of the symbols of the Old City, from the time of construction declined to a few centimeters in the south. Gothic Revival building for more than a century adorns the city center on Peter`s Hill.

History tower

In the late 19th century in Zhitomir, a rapidly growing, there is a need to create a centralized water supply. With the laying of water pipeline built and a water tower. Architects - Arnold LANGUAGES Mieczyslaw Librovich and became the parents of the tower.

The grand opening was held on 27 December 1898. The height of the tower is 31 meters. The top of the tower installed two tanks with total capacity of 200 cubic meters.

During the war, troops used the tower as a point of observation aircraft.

In 1965, the tower is no longer used for the purpose. The reason for this was the complete change of water supply of the city. To this day the tower is a tourist attraction.

In 1984, the tower opened cafes, and in 1996 the tower was included in the list of monuments of local importance.

Architecture tower

Built in neo-Gothic style tower decorated with forged metal sockets, placed on the facade in two tiers. In planning the tower has the shape of octagon. At a height of 20 meters was built to support kontraforsy tanks with water - 4 corner and 6 intermediate.

The top of the tower topped by domed roof, which was located next post. The tower once used for 3 purposes - water storage, ensuring the pressure in the water supply, and an observation deck with alarms for firefighters.

In the next post set spotlight. Spotlight notified residents in the event of a fire, so they did not use water to ensure enough pressure to extinguish.

Interesting Facts

Because of its location on Peter`s Hill, Tower towered over all municipal buildings. For the end of the 19th century - it was a local skyscraper. Actually set up a tower more than 40 meters above the city.

How to get there

Water Tower located at - st. Pushkin, 24, Zhytomyr. By public transport need to get to the "Philharmonic" bus №58 or trolleybus №9.