Old Water Tower

Old Water Tower

This Moc is a replica of a real existing building from my home town Arad, Romania. The actual building was built in the year 1895 by an English firm Shone and Ault along with all the water pipe works executed in the city. The towers reservoir can hold up to 300 square meters of water, and it was used to supply the old city with water and to extinguish fires. At that moment it was the tallest building in the city. It was used for water supply purposes until 1956. From the year of 1990 the tower entered into private property and holds an unique museum, with 5 floors to explore and on the last floor you can enter the water reservoir itself.

I was inspired by this building and when I started my LEGO designing journey in studio this was the first building I have recreated. Since than i had modified this design countless times and i have built it in real life too. The construction itself is 16x16 studs but it rests on a platform of 32x32 to give way for the surrounding areas. It is the easiest if you build from the bottom up and with each level continue building onto the previous one. The roof is very unique and it was the hardest to recreate from bricks. The final construction reaches almost 60 cm and represents the building at the scale of 1:50.

This construction can be an excellent addition to any medieval town but can also be a great piece in any bricktown.