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The water tower began operations on October 16, 1860. [9] The tower was not just pretty; it was effective. In 24 hours the station could produce 12 million US gallons (45,000 m 3) of water. This water, in turn, flowed through 26 miles (42 km) of pipe. [10] A tornado on March 27, 1890 irreparably changed the Water Tower.
Built in 1869, it is the second-oldest water tower in the United States, after the Louisville Water Tower in Louisville, Kentucky. The Chicago Water Tower now serves as a Chicago Office of Tourism as a small art gallery known as the City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower. It features the work of local photographers, artists and filmmakers.
The Fort Atkinson Water Tower is an unused water tower that was built in 1901 in Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 2005. [1] [2] It is a 112 feet (34 m)-tall structure: a 78 feet (24 m) cream brick masonry base supports a 33 feet (10 m) steel tank.
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In 1921, the wooden tank on the tower was replaced with a metal one. [2] The water tower was drained and removed from service in 1981. The pump house and water tower were designated cultural landmarks by the village board after that. In 2007, both were listed on the state and national registers of historic places.
Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Water Tank (1875, restored 2012), Beaumont, Kansas, US. Although the use of elevated water storage tanks has existed since ancient times in various forms, the modern use of water towers for pressurized public water systems developed during the mid-19th century, as steam-pumping became more common, and better pipes that could handle higher pressures ...
Water towers on the National Register of Historic Places by state (14 C) Pages in category "Water towers on the National Register of Historic Places" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The historic clocktower at the Elmira City Hall building at 317 E. Church St., located within the Civic Historic District, was built by a local architectural firm, Pierce and Bickford, in 1895.