Built this industrial monument was in 1898 their second unofficial name -. Pristrelnaya, Water Tower has received for the reason that some time has been used to adjust the sights of artillery pieces, which were produced at the Obukhov factory on the opposite bank of the Neva. The tower has six sides, which taper upwards.
Facade Pristrelnoy tower qualitatively plastered and remarkable in that it has a gothic elements in an eclectic style. It is true a small medieval castle among the modern urban jungle. Water tower passed quality restoration to the tercentenary of St Petersburg in 2003.
Adjacent to the tower special industrial building, which in the early 20th century, housed a hangar or depot.