In the heart of St. Petersburg, near The blue bridge of the winding Moika River (from the side of St. Isaac's Square) is one inconspicuous, but interesting attraction - a water meter pole or a foot pole.
The pillar is a stele with flood markers, also known as the obelisk-the water meter of the St. Petersburg floods. In fact, this is a water meter column, which marks the levels of the largest floods in the history of the city of St. Petersburg.
The obelisk was erected in 1971. The author of the project was the architect V. A. Petrov, and the engineer was P. S. Panfilov.
The high granite pillar-footstool is made in the form of a tetrahedral obelisk.
On the obelisk is a bronze trident of Neptune with the date "1971", thanks to which the pillar is also called the obelisk of"Neptune". And the residents of St. Petersburg themselves called the pillar - "the scale of Neptune".
The lower part of the water measuring column goes into the water.
View of the water meter pole, the Moika River, the Blue Bridge and St. Isaac's Square
According to the marks on the faces of the obelisk, you can see the levels of water rise during the largest floods - 1824, 1903, 1924, 1955 and 1967.
Flood levels are marked on the pillar with bronze bands encircling the obelisk, with dates stamped on them.
Judging by the marks on the pole, the largest flood was in 1824, when the water rose by 421 cm.
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