![Old Watertower Destroyed](http://www.zandvoort-holland.com/paulusloot/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oldwatertower_destroyed_lg2-1.jpg)
On 17 September 1943 the Zandvoort Water Tower was blown up by the occupying German army by means of 12 explosive charges!
![New Water Tower and Restaurant](http://www.zandvoort-holland.com/paulusloot/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pcard_wtower_restaurant-213x300.jpg)
After the war, on the highest point within the developed area, a new water tower with viewing possibilities was built. The 48 metre high tower was erected in 1952 from a design by J. Zietsma and was located to the south of the village on the site of the former Haarlems Kinderhuis. It was originally conceived as a round tower but ended up being an octagonal shape. The original water tower had been made entirely of reinforced concrete, but the new one was built with a brick façade on a concrete shell. At its summit, a café-restaurant for many years commanded a lovely view over the surrounding area until it closed in the 1990s. (Right: postcard of the new water tower circa 1988)