Water Tower of Limassol

The Water Tower of Limassol is a reference point for Limassol city, but also for the whole of Cyprus.

As one of the few engineering monuments, the Limassol water tower was built in 1929 by English contractors Williamson & Pengelley from Egypt in 1929, with subcontractor I. Tsiro and Christodoulos Hadzipavlou. The total cost for the water system (pits system, engine-pumping station, water tower and intubations) was about £15,000.

Its purpose was the water supply of the city, which until then was made from the reservoir of the chavouza (water cistern). As a matter of fact, the project was considered so sufficient and successful, that it had been used uninterruptedly until 1947, the year when the underground system was created to channel water into cities.

The Water Tower of Limassol is a very remarkable project and monument of engineering that, for its time, is famous for its perfection of design and construction. The water tower has a tank made of iron, 8 mm thick. The tank has a diameter of 9 meters, a capacity of 500 cubic meters of water and is built at a height of 40 meters.

There was a water level recognition system in the tank, and through a cable and electromechanical imaging system, the operator of the machine could see the level at any time, adjusting accordingly the operating times for the pumping and the channelling of water towards the water tower.

Today it is a characteristic monument of the city, it became homonymous with the area and a point of orientation. The goal now is to turn the water tower into a cafeteria and a small water museum, where guests can learn about the city’s water supply and enjoy their coffee, food or drink. In 1999 there was a festive event for the illumination of the Water Tower of Limassol, at which thousands of residents were present. Since then, every night its red lights have been highlighting its grandeur of another era.