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Russian eminent engineer V. Shukhov created many fine buildings. One of his structures is a hyperboloid-shaped water tower located in Cherkasy. The steel openwork structure was built in 1913-1914. After the cholera epidemic, it supplied the entire city with drinking water.
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The tower’s design is in the style of early Art Nouveau. By height, it is the tallest building in Cherkasy. As the author conceived it, it was erected with structural elements joined by rivets. Only after the 1949 reconstruction was part of its structure welded together.
Interesting facts:
- According to Shukhov’s designs, 200 structures were built, and only 20 of them have survived to this day. The Shukhov Tower is one of them.
- The tower supplied water to buildings up to 30 m high.
- In 1975, water supply in Cherkasy began using water from the Dnipro. Since then, the tower has not functioned.
- The tower inspired O. Tolstoy to write the book “The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin”.
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