The white tower (Ekaterinburg) – an unofficial symbol of Uralmash factory

On our planet many countries, and it is not surprising that the names of settlements, some city or geographical objects are often repeated. A vivid example is Moscow. In addition to the capital of Russia, this is the name of another 21 city: one in India, Canada and Scotland, and, surprisingly, in 18 different States. And the city object has a White tower in Thessaloniki, London and Yekaterinburg.

Incredibly popular title

Structure that is discussed in this article is shown in the photo below. It's the White tower (Ekaterinburg). And although it is very far from the concept of "tourist attraction" as the original structure, a unique architectural monument is in ugly disrepair, a local landmark known throughout the country. Such popularity brought her nearby car market «White tower" (Yekaterinburg), in the 90 years – the largest area of trade in machinery in the entire CIS. Maybe this popularity will help in the recovery of an unusual object, the bright representative of a unique architectural style – constructivism.

New time – new architectural style

In other cities of Russia have been preserved few monuments built in this architectural style. Ekaterinburg is the same – the original capital of constructivism. Many facilities (hotel “contain” and the builders ' Club, a house-boat of the stadium «Dynamo» and the Museum of history and archaeology, campus security officers, Home printing and Home offices-you name it) located in the city centre, probably, give him the right to neglect non-functional structure. And water tower (the unofficial symbol of Uralmash) was very beautiful and located in the right place: she would have rounded out the perspective of the Avenue of Culture. But a huge DC UZTM building, built in 1970, took on the role of the final element of this Avenue, completely blocking a view from the square of the First five-year plan.

The Tragedy of ownerless objects

It is unclear why the 80 years no one cared about this interesting object, as the White tower. Yekaterinburg in good faith is exploiting the brand, in the city of dozens of different societies and organizations, shops and insurance companies with it a recognizable name. But apart from the disturbance that the object is destroyed, a disgrace to the city in front of foreigners, there is no progress towards its reconstruction. The tower was even given an insulting name, explaining the Museum what it is. However, an annual architectural festival, held in Yekaterinburg since 2010, is assigned so popular in the city name. And the structure even not protected, and there is nothing surprising in the fact that sometimes the White tower (Yekaterinburg) became the center of criminal scandals and squabbles. This attitude to one of the business cards of the city residents is unfair. Operation names only one market hundreds of times blocked the funds needed for the restoration of the architectural monument.

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The Objective necessity of the construction

The History of the White tower (Yekaterinburg) interesting and sad. It arose simultaneously with the Ural heavy machinery plant (in March 1928, just after the city's liberation from Kolchak was laid the first stone of the plant) and called the Water tower UZTM. It was situated in the Ordzhonikidzevsky district of the city - then Sverdlovsk. It was necessary work shock-work construction. In sotsgorodok water for the needs of the residents brought horses. In 1928 with the support of the chief engineer of the Uralmash V. Fiedler was a competition. Constructivism - a style characterized by rigor, geometrism, concise form and monolithic appearance, was in great Vogue. Won a sketch by V. M. Reiser. The structure was erected on a hill, its height is 29 meters. All this makes the tower dominating the surrounding territory.

Start went wrong

Beautiful modern facility, the White tower (Yekaterinburg), signified a bright future. The building was whitewashed and immediately got the people an appropriate name, different from the official. Despite the fact that the amendments subject of safety was introduced by V. Fiedler (the condition that the tank should be only metal, and the need for additional legs under him), has not been without trouble. In the manufacture of huge, the biggest in the world (in Soviet Russia was such a clear weakness because the country is the biggest in the world) tank was applied completely new technology. Seam welding has replaced rivets, but the tank could not stand the first test, and 750 cubic meters of water gushed with 29 meters in height ripped down through the bottom. Not only has it caused the premature death of a wonderful person Vladimir F. Fiedler, but death saved him from the fate of the “enemy of the people”. The structure, however, after correction of the recorded mistakes was rebuilt and operated successfully until 1960.

The White tower today

Abandoned object – that since then is a White tower (Ekaterinburg). The address: str.Donbass., 1. In 1993 at the foot of the thrown object appeared the market «white tower”. And after it took its first visitors, this business has regularly increased from year to year, there were new terms of trade with spare parts and service facilities. Now at the same address is a huge auto show «White tower”. Yekaterinburg has officially opened the complex in 2013. Which Occupies 13,000 square metres and can accommodate 700 cars, avtomoll «White Tower” is the Central automobile area of Ekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk region. It is located next to the famous market «White tower”. The three-storey showroom has a capacity of 9 service blocks, 1 tire, and 4 wash. Due to this, the biggest enterprise in the name of an abandoned object all hearsay. Maybe it will help to bring it to the attention of the authorities and the deadlock problem interesting historical monument.