The Water Tower - Chicago
by Allen Beatty
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The Water Tower - Chicago
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Allen Beatty
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Photograph - Photographs
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The Water Tower - Chicago by Allen Beatty
The Chicago Water Tower is the city’s most familiar and treasured landmark. Constructed between 1867 and 1869, it was created for Chicago’s municipal water system, and originally housed a 135 foot iron standpipe used to regulate water pressure. It gained special significance as one of the few buildings to survive the destructive path of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Both the Water Tower and Pumping Station to the east were designed by William W. Boyington, one of Chicago’s most prolific architects of the mid-nineteenth century.
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Gary F Richards
Outstanding water tower composition, lighting, shading, beautiful color and artwork! F/L voted
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