The impossible water tower beauty standards

Water towers: Why, how, where… Why again? Today we dive into why water towers exist and how they’ve changed over the past 150 years. I go ON LOCATION to Volunteer Park and walk up a water tower to better understand what is happening and why this brick building was designed for looks in 1906.

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Sources:
Steel Water Towers Associated with South Dakota Water Systems, 1894-1967 from the South Dakota State Historic Preservation
https://history.sd.gov/preservation/d...

Volunteer Park water tower, 1925 from the Seattle Municipal Archives
https://www.flickr.com/photos/seattle...

Ryan Gosling Variety Article by Ramin Setoodeh
https://variety.com/2024/film/feature...

Chicago House Wrecking Company, 1904 from The Catalog Blog
http://www.thecatalogblog.com/2019/10...

Seattle’s Highest Hills
https://www.fink.com/bicycling/hills....

Water Tower, Pump, and Power House Designs - 1893 Engineering Record
https://archive.org/details/cu3192403...

The Fire of 1879 Deadwood, South Dakota
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=183179

Living New Deal: Water supply sites from the WPA and PWA
https://livingnewdeal.org/new-deal-ca...

Minnesota Water Towers
https://www.minnesotawatertowers.com/...

Rochester, MN Ear of Corn Water Tower
https://www.experiencerochestermn.com...

The World’s Largest Catsup Bottle Fan Club
https://www.catsupbottle.com/

South Carolina’s Peachoid in Roadside America
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story...

Peach economy in Georgia, South Carolina, and California
https://theconversation.com/peaches-a...

New York City Water Towers: NYC History & Explanation - American Pipe and Tank
https://blog.americanpipeandtank.com/...

18 million people served by water systems with lead violations in 2015, report says from PBS Newshour
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/1...

Flooding, treatment plant failure leaves Jackson, Mississippi without drinking water from PBS Newshour
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/flo...