Water tower
Russia, Orenburg. Victory Avenue, 14/1
Description:
One of the architectural sights of the city of Orenburg is an ancient water tower, located at the beginning of one of the largest city streets - Victory Avenue. The tower was built in 1928 by architect Ryangin, becoming one of the first large industrial buildings in Soviet Orenburg.
The massive silhouette of the tower, which was supposed to hold about a thousand tons of water, looks quite elegant. This is facilitated by high lancet windows in the lower part, their shape and location, as it were, facilitate the construction of the building. An elegant view of the building gives a contrasting combination of red brick and ochre plaster decorative elements.
In the sixties of the last century, the tower ceased to be used for its intended purpose due to mass construction in the area of multi-storey buildings. Today, the former water tower houses cafes and office space.