It was the fourth tower built by Utrechtsche Waterleiding Maatschappij and it stood on what was then the border of Utrecht and Zuilen.

[2] The Dutch squatting ban criminalised the occupation of derelict buildings in the Netherlands on 1 October 2010.

[4] The building was then purchased by Chris Visscher who intended to make a restaurant in the tower and live above it.

[5] The tower was occupied in October 2017, as a protest both against it being left empty and more generally against the criminalisation of squatting, which had occurred seven years earlier.

[3] The owner Chris Visscher had stated in 2014 that the tower would be converted into a restaurant and four flats by mid 2015.

[12] The architects, Zecc Architecten, have also redeveloped water towers in Sint Jansklooster (into a look-out tower), Den Bosch (into a restaurant and office), Lutten (into a bed and breakfast) en Soest (into housing).