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Water tower at Tenleytown. Exterior of tower at Tenleytown

Water tower at Tenleytown. Exterior of tower at Tenleytown

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Water Tower, 1660 feet south of Ninth Avenue; 2500 feet east of D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Water Tower, 1660 feet south of Ninth Avenue; ...

Survey number: HAER CO-21-DT Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Watertower shaped like a peach, Clanton, Alabama

Watertower shaped like a peach, Clanton, Alabama

Built in 1992, the watertower shaped like a peach is a beacon for the peaches that are grown in the area. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegg... More

Many U.S. communities advertise their special qualities via artwork on tall water towers. This one, locally known as "the Gaffney Peachoid" in Gaffney, South Carolina, touts the area's tasty peaches. Neighboring Georgia bills itself as the "Peach Tree State," but South Carolina peaches are also rated highly on the succulence scale. The 135-foot-tall tower holds one million U.S. gallons is visible for several miles around exits to two interstate highways

Many U.S. communities advertise their special qualities via artwork on...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-6). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Ellis Island, Water Towers, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Water Towers, New York Harbor, New York, New York County...

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Stockbridge Water Tower, Adjacent to Village Hall (115 East Elizabeth Street), Stockbridge, Ingham County, MI

Stockbridge Water Tower, Adjacent to Village Hall (115 East Elizabeth ...

Significance: Stockbridge's 1912 vintage water tower is an early example of an elliptical bottom tank patented in 1907 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Works, probably the leading producer of such structures in the... More

Reservoir Park, Compton Hill Water Tower, Reservoir Park, Grant & Russel Boulevards & Lafayette, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Reservoir Park, Compton Hill Water Tower, Reservoir Park, Grant & Russ...

Public domain photograph of tower, column, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

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The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

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Bovey Water Tower, Eighth Avenue & T.H. 169, Bovey, Itasca County, MN

Bovey Water Tower, Eighth Avenue & T.H. 169, Bovey, Itasca County, MN

Significance: The Bovey water tower was constructed in 1907 of cast iron material for the tower with a wooden-stave tank. Research into the engineering literature of the first decade of the 20th century indica... More

Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Third and Eight Streets, Spencer, Rowan County, NC

Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Thir...

Significance: The Spencer Shops served as the largest maintenance and repair facility in the Southern Railway Company system. The extant structures provide important indications of the requirements of large sc... More

White Rock Mountain Water Tower, Forest Service Road 1505, Fern, Franklin County, AR

White Rock Mountain Water Tower, Forest Service Road 1505, Fern, Frank...

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Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Water tower and shop's entrance, Pullman, Ill's.

Water tower and shop's entrance, Pullman, Ill's.

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Rusted water tower in Panola County, Mississippi

Rusted water tower in Panola County, Mississippi

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More

What's left of an old silo or water tower, now a graffiti-covered remnant at the isolated ghost town of Two Guns along old U.S. Highway 66 in northeastern Arizona

What's left of an old silo or water tower, now a graffiti-covered remn...

On site there, too, was a small zoo featuring native Arizona animals, the brainstorm of Harry "Two Guns" Miller, who grew out his hair and took on the persona of "Chief Crazy Thunder" when he greeted visitors. ... More

Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, Bell Laboratories Road, Holmdel, Monmouth County, NJ

Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, Bell Laboratories Road, Holmdel, Monmouth ...

Significance: Bell Laboratories Holmdel was constructed from 1959 to 1966 according to a plan and design of Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen (1910-61). Although Saarinen passed away in September 1961 be... More

Rock Creek Water Tower, Junction of Rock Creek & Union Pacific Railroad, Rock River, Albany County, WY

Rock Creek Water Tower, Junction of Rock Creek & Union Pacific Railroa...

Significance: The Rock Creek Water Tower is the best preserved of six extant structures of a late 19th-century town that flourished during the early days of the trans-continental railroad. Once a center for t... More

Rock Creek Water Tower, Junction of Rock Creek & Union Pacific Railroad, Rock River, Albany County, WY

Rock Creek Water Tower, Junction of Rock Creek & Union Pacific Railroa...

Significance: The Rock Creek Water Tower is the best preserved of six extant structures of a late 19th-century town that flourished during the early days of the trans-continental railroad. Once a center for t... More

Lawson Water Tower, First Parish Road, Scituate, Plymouth County, MA

Lawson Water Tower, First Parish Road, Scituate, Plymouth County, MA

Significance: A unique architectural landmark, the Lawson Water Tower stands as a memorial to Thomas Lawson, the "Copper King" who is responsible for its construction. To avoid the view of an unadorned water t... More

Lawson Water Tower, First Parish Road, Scituate, Plymouth County, MA

Lawson Water Tower, First Parish Road, Scituate, Plymouth County, MA

Significance: A unique architectural landmark, the Lawson Water Tower stands as a memorial to Thomas Lawson, the "Copper King" who is responsible for its construction. To avoid the view of an unadorned water t... More

Lawson Water Tower, First Parish Road, Scituate, Plymouth County, MA

Lawson Water Tower, First Parish Road, Scituate, Plymouth County, MA

Significance: A unique architectural landmark, the Lawson Water Tower stands as a memorial to Thomas Lawson, the "Copper King" who is responsible for its construction. To avoid the view of an unadorned water t... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Submarine Dive Tower, Intersection of Clark & Morton Streets, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Submarine Dive Tower, Intersection of C...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964 due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the devastatin... More

North Point Water Tower, East North Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

North Point Water Tower, East North Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Count...

Significance: Part of the complex erected for the Milwaukee Water Works almost one hundred years ago, the lofty Victorian Gothic Water Tower stands on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan and encloses an iron stan... More

The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...

Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...

Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More

Rockford Water Tower, Rockford Park, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Rockford Water Tower, Rockford Park, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The Rockford Water Tower was a part of Wilmington's attempt at the turn of the century to upgrade its water service. Survey number: HAER DE-16 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial Construction... More

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Lamberton Water Tower, Birch Street, Lamberton, Redwood County, MN

Lamberton Water Tower, Birch Street, Lamberton, Redwood County, MN

Public domain photograph of Redwood National Park, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lamberton Water Tower, Birch Street, Lamberton, Redwood County, MN

Lamberton Water Tower, Birch Street, Lamberton, Redwood County, MN

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Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Water Works Park, Detroit - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Water Works Park, Detroit - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water works, Jacksonville, Fla.

Water works, Jacksonville, Fla.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Water tower, Fort Thomas, Ky.

The Water tower, Fort Thomas, Ky.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Braeme House, Clinton, E. Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

Braeme House, Clinton, E. Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Painting of Water Tower. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Painting of Water Tower. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Maker: Schwartz, Norma Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultur... More

Town Pump and Well House in Paradise Valley Town

Town Pump and Well House in Paradise Valley Town

Builder: Ramasco, Antone Vertical board-and-batten frame construction painted red

Windmill and water tower at dusk in Abilene, Texas

Windmill and water tower at dusk in Abilene, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Red Water Tower, Blair & Bissell Streets, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Red Water Tower, Blair & Bissell Streets, Saint Louis, Independent Cit...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union Creek Water Tower, West Side of State Highway 62, Prospect, Jackson County, OR

Union Creek Water Tower, West Side of State Highway 62, Prospect, Jack...

Significance: The Union Creek Water Tower is identified as a primary property in the Union Creek Historic District (listed on the National Register of Historic Places); the District is significant as an intact ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Submarine Dive Tower, Intersection of Clark & Morton Streets, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Submarine Dive Tower, Intersection of C...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964 due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the devastatin... More

The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

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The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Armijo House, Water Tower, 301 Montano Street, Holbrook, Navajo County, AZ

Armijo House, Water Tower, 301 Montano Street, Holbrook, Navajo County...

Significance: The Armijo House is associated with the pioneering Armijo and Ortega families of Holbrook. The water tower is additionally significant as an unusual adaptation of the Second Empire style adapted t... More

Bovey Water Tower, Eighth Avenue & T.H. 169, Bovey, Itasca County, MN

Bovey Water Tower, Eighth Avenue & T.H. 169, Bovey, Itasca County, MN

Significance: The Bovey water tower was constructed in 1907 of cast iron material for the tower with a wooden-stave tank. Research into the engineering literature of the first decade of the 20th century indica... More

Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Third and Eight Streets, Spencer, Rowan County, NC

Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Thir...

Significance: The Spencer Shops served as the largest maintenance and repair facility in the Southern Railway Company system. The extant structures provide important indications of the requirements of large sc... More

Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Third and Eight Streets, Spencer, Rowan County, NC

Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Thir...

Significance: The Spencer Shops served as the largest maintenance and repair facility in the Southern Railway Company system. The extant structures provide important indications of the requirements of large sc... More

White Rock Mountain Water Tower, Forest Service Road 1505, Fern, Franklin County, AR

White Rock Mountain Water Tower, Forest Service Road 1505, Fern, Frank...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...

Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...

Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More

Rockford Water Tower, Rockford Park, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Rockford Water Tower, Rockford Park, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The Rockford Water Tower was a part of Wilmington's attempt at the turn of the century to upgrade its water service. Survey number: HAER DE-16 Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial Construction... More

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Lansing House & Water Tower, 44900 Main Street, Mendocino, Mendocino County, CA

Lansing House & Water Tower, 44900 Main Street, Mendocino, Mendocino C...

Significance: This house was built by Captain David Lansing, who moved to Mendocino in 1852. He built this house and water tower around 1855. An early Mendocino pioneer, Lansing once owned all the land east o... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

[Gladwin (i.e. Water Works) Park, bridge over pavilion, Detroit, Mich.]

[Gladwin (i.e. Water Works) Park, bridge over pavilion, Detroit, Mich....

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Eden Park, the water tower from the boulevard, Cincinnati, Ohio

Eden Park, the water tower from the boulevard, Cincinnati, Ohio

Title from jacket. "G 5849" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039037. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Wessyngton, Water Tower, Cedar Hill, Robertson County, TN

Wessyngton, Water Tower, Cedar Hill, Robertson County, TN

Survey number: HABS TN-32-C Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Water Tower, 1230 feet South of December Seventh Avenue; 1640 feet East of D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Water Tower, 1230 feet South of December Seven...

Public domain photograph of a storage tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nevada Test Site, Pluto Facility, Water Tower, Area 26, Wahmonie Flats, Cane Spring Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Pluto Facility, Water Tower, Area 26, Wahmonie Flats...

Survey number: HAER NV-32-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Covered wagon, water tower, and old barn at Hanley Farm, a historic farmstead in Central Point, Oregon

Covered wagon, water tower, and old barn at Hanley Farm, a historic fa...

The farm was established in 1857 as a result of a land claim by two families, including that of Michael and Martha Hanley, who bought 640 acres for $6,000 worth of gold earned by Michael Hanley in the Californi... More

Some of the work of Chip Thomas, a Navajo Nation physician in northeast Arizona who is better known for his artwork, scattered on sheds and water towers across the tribal lands that stretch as far as southern Utah and western New Mexico. These paintings appear near the small settlement of Cameron in Coconino County, Arizona

Some of the work of Chip Thomas, a Navajo Nation physician in northeas...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Rock Creek Water Tower, Junction of Rock Creek & Union Pacific Railroad, Rock River, Albany County, WY

Rock Creek Water Tower, Junction of Rock Creek & Union Pacific Railroa...

Significance: The Rock Creek Water Tower is the best preserved of six extant structures of a late 19th-century town that flourished during the early days of the trans-continental railroad. Once a center for t... More

Entrance to Water Works Park, Detroit

Entrance to Water Works Park, Detroit

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Selfridge Field, Building No. 7200, South of George Avenue between Walnut & Beach Streets, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building No. 7200, South of George Avenue between Wal...

Significance: This functional structure, a tower is visible from virtually the entire base, was erected during the period of initial permanent construction at Selfridge to service the water distribution system ... More

Selfridge Field, Building No. 7200, South of George Avenue between Walnut & Beach Streets, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building No. 7200, South of George Avenue between Wal...

Significance: This functional structure, a tower is visible from virtually the entire base, was erected during the period of initial permanent construction at Selfridge to service the water distribution system ... More

North Grand Water Tower, North Grand & Twentieth Streets, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

North Grand Water Tower, North Grand & Twentieth Streets, Saint Louis,...

Survey number: HABS MO-1671 Building/structure dates: ca. 1871 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1929 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1912

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Submarine Dive Tower, Intersection of Clark & Morton Streets, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Submarine Dive Tower, Intersection of C...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964 due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the devastatin... More

North Point Water Tower, East North Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

North Point Water Tower, East North Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Count...

Significance: Part of the complex erected for the Milwaukee Water Works almost one hundred years ago, the lofty Victorian Gothic Water Tower stands on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan and encloses an iron stan... More

North Point Water Tower, East North Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

North Point Water Tower, East North Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Count...

Significance: Part of the complex erected for the Milwaukee Water Works almost one hundred years ago, the lofty Victorian Gothic Water Tower stands on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan and encloses an iron stan... More

The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

The Meadows, River Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Third and Eight Streets, Spencer, Rowan County, NC

Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Thir...

Significance: The Spencer Shops served as the largest maintenance and repair facility in the Southern Railway Company system. The extant structures provide important indications of the requirements of large sc... More

Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Third and Eight Streets, Spencer, Rowan County, NC

Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Thir...

Significance: The Spencer Shops served as the largest maintenance and repair facility in the Southern Railway Company system. The extant structures provide important indications of the requirements of large sc... More

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...

Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Connemara House, Water Tower, Little Lake Road, Mendocino, Mendocino County, CA

Connemara House, Water Tower, Little Lake Road, Mendocino, Mendocino C...

Survey number: HABS CA-2241 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Water tower, Dwight, Ill - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Water tower, Dwight, Ill - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

"90" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042371. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Water tower, Ypsilanti, Mich. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Water tower, Ypsilanti, Mich. - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Umstead House, Poolesville, Montgomery County, MD

Umstead House, Poolesville, Montgomery County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-593 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rabideau Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Water Tower, County Road 39, Blackduck, Beltrami County, MN

Rabideau Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Water Tower, County Road 39...

Significance: The Water Tower was constructed in 1935 as part of the Rabideau Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, which operated on the Chippewa National Forest until 1941. The camp was later used by the Univers... More

Mabel Doss Day Lea House, Water Tower, Voss, Coleman County, TX

Mabel Doss Day Lea House, Water Tower, Voss, Coleman County, TX

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Abandoned buildings and water tower in what is now a ghost town named Salt Flat along the road carrying U.S. Highways 62-180 near the New Mexico border in Hudspeth County, Texas

Abandoned buildings and water tower in what is now a ghost town named ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Salt Flat served as a stopping place for travelers using the new highway that connected El Paso, Texas, and Carlsbad, New Mexico. The... More

Some of the work of Chip Thomas, a Navajo Nation physician in northeast Arizona who is better known for his artwork, scattered on sheds and water towers across the tribal lands that stretch as far as southern Utah and western New Mexico. These paintings appear near the small settlement of Cameron in Coconino County, Arizona

Some of the work of Chip Thomas, a Navajo Nation physician in northeas...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Bliz Zotovskoĭ kanavy po osi kanala r. Ri︠e︡shotka u vodokachki dli︠a︡ st. Khrustalʹnoĭ Permʹ-Kungursk. zh.d, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Bliz Zotovskoĭ kanavy po osi kanala r. Ri︠e︡s...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in the Ural Mountains and Western Siberia, survey o... More

Stockbridge Water Tower, Adjacent to Village Hall (115 East Elizabeth Street), Stockbridge, Ingham County, MI

Stockbridge Water Tower, Adjacent to Village Hall (115 East Elizabeth ...

Significance: Stockbridge's 1912 vintage water tower is an early example of an elliptical bottom tank patented in 1907 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Works, probably the leading producer of such structures in the... More

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