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Another tower in Oklahoma, built in 1986 and billed as the largest water tower in the country, is 218 ft (66 m) tall, can hold 500,000 US gallons (1,900 m 3), and is located in Edmond. [15] [16] The Earthoid, a nearly spherical tank located in Germantown, Maryland is 100 ft (30 m) tall and holds 2,000,000 US gallons (7,600 m 3) gallons of water ...
Peachoid. The Peachoid is a 135 foot (41 m) tall water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina, U.S., that resembles a peach. [1] The water tower holds one million U.S. gallons (3.78541 million litres) of water and is located off Peachoid Road by Interstate 85 between exits 90 and 92 (near the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway). Usually referred to by ...
A water tower is an elevated structure [1] supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a distribution system for potable water, and to provide emergency storage for fire protection. [2] Water towers often operate in conjunction with underground or surface service reservoirs, which store treated water close to where ...
November 11, 1971. The Louisville Water Tower, located east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, near the riverfront, is the oldest ornamental water tower in the world, having been built before the more famous Chicago Water Tower. [2][non-primary source needed] Both the actual water tower and its pumping station are a designated National Historic ...
Brooks Catsup Bottle water tower. The Brooks Catsup Bottle water tower, trademarked "The World's Largest Catsup Bottle", is a water tower south of Collinsville, Illinois. It is claimed to be the largest catsup bottle in the world at 70 feet tall on a 100 foot stand with a volume of 100,000 gallons, which could theoretically hold 640,000 bottles ...
Water towers on the National Register of Historic Places (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Water towers in the United States" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The Sunsphere, located in World's Fair Park in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, is a 266-foot (81 m) tall hexagonal steel truss structure, topped with the 75-foot (23 m) gold-colored glass sphere that served as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair. Directly across a man-made pond from the Tennessee Amphitheater, they are the only remaining ...
The High Bridge Water Tower was designated a New York City landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967. [27] The High Bridge Water Tower underwent a 10-year, $5 million renovation during the 2010s and reopened to the public in November 2021. [30] [31] After the water tower reopened, NYC Parks began hosting free tours of the ...