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  2. Water tower - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Union Watersphere - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Category:Water towers - Wikipedia

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    Vukovar water tower This page was last edited on 2 November 2024, at 16:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...

  5. List of tallest structures in the United States by height

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    WWRR Renda Tower Kingsland, Georgia: Guyed Mast 496 m QueenB Television Tower La Crosse, Wisconsin: Guyed Mast 496 m KDEB Tower: Fordland, Missouri: Guyed Mast 495 m WGME TV Tower: Raymond, Maine: Guyed Mast 495.9 m WPSD-TV Tower: Kevil, Kentucky: Guyed Mast 495.6 m NVG-Amarillo Tower Amarillo, Texas: Guyed Mast 493.5 m Sinclair Television ...

  6. Santa Ana Water Tower - Wikipedia

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    At 153 ft (47 m) tall, the water tower was designed to hold a maximum of one million gallons of water. Currently, it contains about 800,000. Internet companies pay the city to use the tower as a cell tower. The tower also contains a vent, which allows air to escape as the water fills up. The vent is sealed in order to keep out debris and animals.

  7. Rooftop water tower - Wikipedia

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    A rooftop water tower is a variant of a water tower, consisting of a water container placed on the roof of a tall building. This structure supplies water pressure to floors at higher elevation than public water towers. [1] As building height increases, the vertical height of its plumbing also increases.

  8. List of tallest buildings in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Trump World Tower: New York City United States: 262 m (860 ft) 72 2001 Tallest all residential building in the world from 2001 until 2002 [99] [100] 73= 425 Park Avenue: New York City United States: 262 m (860 ft) 44 2021 73= Star Bay Tower: Panama City Panama: 262 m (860 ft) 65 2013 73= Water Tower Place: Chicago United States: 262 m (860 ft ...

  9. Category:Water towers on the National Register of Historic ...

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    Old Fresno Water Tower; R. Raleigh Water Tower This page was last edited on 14 May 2017, at 23:48 (UTC). Text is ...