Water Towers - Standpipe Water Towers

Standpipe Water Towers

There were originally 400 standpipe water towers in the United States, but very few remain today, including:

  • Baton Rouge Waterworks Company Standpipe, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Belton Standpipe in Belton, South Carolina
  • Belton Standpipe (Belton, Texas), in Belton, Texas
  • Bellevue Standpipe, in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Chicago Water Tower, in Chicago, Illinois
  • Cochituate Standpipe, in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Eden Park Stand Pipe, in Cincinnati
  • Evansville Standpipe, in Evansville, Wisconsin
  • Fall River Waterworks, in Fall River, Massachusetts
  • Forbes Hill Standpipe, in Quincy, Massachusetts
  • Louisville Water Tower, in Louisville, Kentucky
  • North Point Water Tower, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Reading Standpipe, in Reading, Massachusetts
  • St. Louis, Missouri has three standpipe water towers which are on the National Register of Historic Places.
    • Bissell Tower (also known as the Red Tower)
    • Compton Hill Tower
    • Grand Avenue Water Tower
  • Thomas Hill Standpipe, in Bangor, Maine

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