"The Result of Creative Management." A 130-Year-Old Water Tower Collapsed in the Lipetsk Region

A water tower built in 1894 collapsed in the village Embankment Volovsky district. How сообщает Telegram channel Gorod48, this happened on the evening of April 8.

Judging by the photograph, the brickwork collapsed due to a leaking roof. The director of the district water utility Alexey Shcheglov He has already announced that the remains of the ancient tower will have to be demolished. He emphasized that the 130-year-old structure was not a cultural heritage site. The 92 homes that depended on it are now without water supply: water delivery and the installation of a water pipeline from a neighboring village are being addressed.

Water tower was built According to a standard design: its twin stands in another Lipetsk village. Similar structures were built in the Voronezh and Kursk regions. A hundred years ago, they were all used to refuel steam locomotives, but their fates later took different turns.

For example, a tower in a Lipetsk village Terbuny recognized architectural monument: entrepreneurs opened a shop-cafe inside, where they bake pies and homemade bread.

The tower in Naberezhny was unlucky: apparently, the water utility had been using it to the point of wear and tear.
«The result of creative management», - write There are people in the comments.

About how activists and enthusiasts preserve water towers in their cities, turning them into residential buildings or observatories, Read in the special project "NotMoscow".

Photo: gorod48