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Vukovarski vodotoranj počeo se graditi 1962. godine, a proradio je kao vodospremnik početkom 1968. godine.
Građen je kao zamjena za dotadašnji vodotoranj u središtu grada (pokraj Hotela Dunav, na današnjem Trgu Republike Hrvatske), koji nije bio dovoljnog kapaciteta za sve veće potrebe grada koji se širio.
Vodotoranj, državni projekt, osmišljen je kao regulator opskrbe vodom područja naselja Borovo, Vukovar i Vinkovci. Studije i projekti povjereni su skupini stručnjaka iz zagrebačkog "Hidro projekta", na čijem je čelu bio Aleksandar Rose, rođeni Vukovarac. U grupi je bio i Matej Meštrić, čije je idejno rješenje pobijedilo.
Projektanti vodotornja su arhitekti Petar Kušan i Sergej Kolobov, prema projektnoj ideji izgradnje vodovodne mreže Alexandra Rosea.[1]
Visok je 50 metara, imao je na vrhu spremnik za vodu kapaciteta 2200 m3, njegova ukupna masa s punim rezervoarom je 9000 tona, a temelji su promjera 21 m, građeni na naslagama lesa, mase 3000 tona. Radove je izvodila zagrebačka tvrtka "Hidrotehna".
Do vodotornja stiže pročišćena dunavska voda iz uređaja za pročišćavanje u Borovu naselju. Visokotlačne crpke tjeraju vodu četiri kilometra 300 litara u sekundi. [2]
Izgrađen je u tadašnjem gradskom perivoju i izletištu tzv. "Najpar-bašči", na ulazu u vukovarsko gradsko naselje Mitnicu.[3][4]
U vrijeme gradnje, s kapacitetom rezervoara od 2200 kubnih metara, bio je među najvećim građevinama te vrste u Europi.[5] Na vrhu bio je restoran-vidikovac, kavana "Vodotoranj", iz kojega se vidio Vukovar, Dunav i okolica. Restoran je zatvoren 1970. godine, a nakon toga u tornju je računovodstvo Vodovoda.
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The construction of the Vukovar water tower began in 1962, and it started working as a water reservoir at the beginning of 1968.
It was built as a replacement for the previous water tower in the center of the city (next to the Dunav Hotel, on today's Trg Republike Hrvatska), which was not of sufficient capacity for the increasing needs of the expanding city.
The water tower, a state project, was designed as a water supply regulator for the areas of Borovo, Vukovar and Vinkovci. The studies and projects were entrusted to a group of experts from Zagreb's "Hydro Project", headed by Aleksandar Rose, a native of Vukovar. Matej Meštrić was also in the group, whose conceptual solution won.
The designers of the water tower are architects Petar Kušan and Sergej Kolobov, according to Alexander Rose's project idea of building a water supply network.[1]
It is 50 meters high, had a water tank with a capacity of 2,200 m3 on top, its total mass with a full tank is 9,000 tons, and the foundations are 21 m in diameter, built on loess deposits, weighing 3,000 tons. The work was carried out by the Zagreb company "Hidrotehna".
Purified Danube water reaches the water tower from the treatment plant in Borovo naselje. High-pressure pumps push water four kilometers 300 liters per second. [2]
It was built in what was then the city park and the so-called picnic area. "Najpar-bašči", at the entrance to the Vukovar urban settlement Mitnica.[3][4]
At the time of construction, with a reservoir capacity of 2,200 cubic meters, it was among the largest buildings of its kind in Europe.[5] At the top there was a restaurant-observatory, the cafe "Vodotoranj", from which you could see Vukovar, the Danube and the surrounding area. The restaurant was closed in 1970, after which the accounting office of the Waterworks was located in the tower.