The tower is 12 m high and 4 m wide; it includes a 2.6 m diameter water tank, with its floor positioned 8,6 m above ground level. The tank is subdivided in two sections, separated by a 60 cm high walling, so that one section received water by means of a vertical pipe (20 cm wide) discharging at floor level; furthermore this section also had an overflow. The other section is equipped with a similar sized descending conduit. The separating wall has a depression in the middle and is equipped with three horizontal rows of 12, 13 and 12 equally sized pipes (25 mm diameter) and about 10 cm in lenght, allowing water to pass from the supplying section into the off-take part (Kessener, 2017, p. 104-105; Sönmezer & Şahin, 2011, p. 603-605). The style of the tower is notable, with its circular plan and round-arched windows and plastered walls; it used to be crowned by a lantern on top of the tower, which does not survive into the present, but can be seen on older photographs (Sönmezer & Şahin, 2011, p. 606).
This water tower mediated the water flow between Cendere Terfi İstasyon and the Balmumcu reservoir to supply the Yıldız palace. It was therefore a transfer station for te waters coming from the north.
It is not clear for how long the Hamediye line and its suterazi kept functioning after.
See also Kültür Envanteri and Sönmezer & Şahin, 2011.
