The water tower was built by the Kranj’s Provincial Committee from 1908 to 1911 according to the design of the hydrologist and architect Jan Vladimir Hráský. It is a tower with an octagon double-ventricle reservoir on top with a total volume of 250 cubic meters. It provided sufficient water pressure in the plumbing even for the highest buildings in Kranj and the near surroundings of the town. The tower is 43 meters high, and according to Gorenjec, a newspaper of the time, “one of the most imposing and magnificent aqueducts of the whole of Austria”. Due to its of authenticity, historical value, age, technical qualities, state of preservation and authorial and artistic standards the building can undoubtedly be regarded as an important cultural monument and for this reason it is listed in the Register of Fixed Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture. The water tower still serves its purpose today.

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