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Caption: White Water Tower, 20th & East  Grand Street, St. Louis, Missouri
Our old water tower on East Grand Avenue was built in 1870-2. It is 154 feet high and reputed to be the largest Corinthian column in the world. The neighborhood around this tower is known as the Water Tower District. The tower is not in use and now serves only as a monument to progress. The steel stand pipe was removed from the structure several years ago and sold as scrap iron and the tower was repaired and painted. The shaft of the tower is constructed of brick and the cap is made of cast iron.
Publisher: Pierce Building News Co., St Louis, Mo.
Postcard Era:.. Linen
ID Number: 5357
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