DOI 10.35776/VST.2021.02.07
UDC 628.1:72.03

Sedov A. M., Balova Ol’ga

The history of the Murom water tower

Summary

The history of the first urban district water supply system in the city of Murom in the Russian Empire is presented. The situation with drinking water supply in the late 19^th – early 20^th centuries is considered. Fresh information about engineer E. I. Yerzhemsky – the author of the project of the Ermakovskii water supply system is presented. The main architectural and compositional solutions and original elements of the decorative design of the facades of the water tower are described. The paper addresses historians, art experts, architects, employees of state authorities and local government, as well as readers interested in the historical and cultural heritage of Russia.

Key words

architecture , history of the water supply , water tower , preservation of cultural heritage objects , engineer E. I. Erzhemskii

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