[3] On April 25, 1908, the Mariupol Duma approved of the detailed plan to build the water supply network, including the tower.

[5][6] Although the hostilities of the Second World War did not cause significant damage to the tower, it stood abandoned for some years after the firefighters were moved to another building.

Several years later, restoration work began, which included the application of a protective layer to its architectural details.

[8] From 1996 to 2012, the tower was occupied by a private bank, then transferred back to the city of Mariupol and came to house co-working spaces, a library, tourist center, observation deck and souvenir shop.

[11] The tower was designed following eclecticism, a trend in architecture of the second half of the 19th century, in that it combines elements of various styles, here: Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque.

[4] The walls of the structure are divided into three parts (first, second-third and fourth floors) by white-brick cornice masonry around the perimeter.

[4] The external decor of the tower includes a semicircular design of the openings of the double windows of the fourth tier, elements of transition of the cornice above the upper tier to the plane of the roof slopes hanging over the walls, and relief of the parapet of the observation deck at its top.