Monument to The Saint Petersburg water-carriers

This sculpture of a water-carrier is located in front of the main entrance to the tower of the Museum of Water. Sergey Dmitriev, the sculptor of this monument, looked at numerous historial material in planning this work to ensure all details were exact. The sculpture was made in the first half of the 19th Century. Before the advent of a centralized water supply the residents of Saint Petersburg would gather water themselves, collecting from nearby sources using buckets. Residents could also use the services of a water-carrier. These came in two types: those who carried the water using a yoke or hardcart, and those who delivered water by horse. Horses were expensive, so many water-carriers dragged a barrel of his or her own. Water-carrier barrels were painted in different colours, depending on the place where they took water which would determine its quality and price. White barrels would carry the purest and most expensive water, taken from the Neva River; yellow was cheaper and dirtier from Fontanka River; green was canal water. Police would arrest water-carriers who violated the rules. For this kind of这座挑水工雕塑坐落于水博物馆（Museum of Water）塔楼主入口前方。该雕塑的创作者谢尔盖·德米特里耶夫（Sergey Dmitriev）在创作过程中查阅了大量历史史料，以确保所有细节均精准无误。这座雕塑完成于19世纪上半叶。在集中式供水系统出现之前，圣彼得堡（Saint Petersburg）的居民需自行取水，通过水桶从附近水源汲水。居民也可雇佣挑水工提供服务。当时的挑水工分为两类：一类使用肩扛轭架或手推车运水，另一类则依靠马匹配送水源。由于马匹成本高昂，多数挑水工会自行拖拽水桶运水。挑水工的水桶会被漆成不同颜色，以区分取水地点——这同时决定了水质与售价：白色水桶盛放取自涅瓦河（Neva River）的最纯净、售价最高的水源；黄色水桶则取自丰坦卡河（Fontanka River），水质更差且售价更低；绿色水桶盛放的则是运河水。警方会惩处违规的挑水工。针对此类