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The water tower in Braman, Oklahoma, built by the Kaw Nation and completed in 2010, is 220.6 ft (67.2 m) tall and can hold 350,000 US gallons (1,300 m 3). [13] Slightly taller than the Union Watersphere, it is technically a spheroid. [14] Another tower in Oklahoma, built in 1986 and billed as the largest water tower in the country, is 218 ft ...
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.
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 ...
The Forbes Hill Standpipe is a historic water tower structure located on Reservoir Road in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. The tower was built in 1899-1902 to contain a 330,000 US gallons (1,200,000 L; 270,000 imp gal) steel water tank. [ 2] The site originally included an adjacent reservoir that supplied Quincy with water from the Metropolitan ...
The Ypsilanti Water Tower is a historic water tower in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. The tower was designed by William R. Coats and built as part of an elaborate city waterworks project that began in 1889. Located on the highest point in Ypsilanti, the tower was built in 1890 at a cost of $21,435.63 (equivalent to $663,528 in 2023).
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 ...
Designated NJRHP. March 8, 2016. The Bell Labs Holmdel Complex, in Holmdel Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, functioned for 44 years as a research and development facility, initially for the Bell System and later Bell Labs. [3] The centerpiece of the campus is an Eero Saarinen –designed structure that served as the home to ...
The Anderson Street Water Tower, also known as the Water Tower House, Sunset Beach Water Tower, or Pacific Coast Highway Water Tower, is a historic 87 ft (27 m) water tower in Seal Beach, California. Built in 1892, the redwood and fir structure has since been converted into a house. It is currently owned by Gregg and Mary DeNicola, who bought ...