HomeDiagramsDatabaseMapsForum About
     

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Discussion Forums > Buildings & Architecture


Reply

 
Thread Tools Display Modes
     
     
  #1  
Old Posted Feb 6, 2007, 10:36 PM
Alpha Alpha is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 4,769
Weird water towers

On http://www.ohiobarns.com/othersites/...ty-object.html you can find a list with many weird water towers in the USA.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #2  
Old Posted Feb 7, 2007, 6:15 AM
PuyoPiyo's Avatar
PuyoPiyo PuyoPiyo is offline
Puyo!
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Vancouver, WA
Posts: 627
I like the 8 ball one!
__________________
Colorful Past, Bright Future.
My Diagram =====>> http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?m21438
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #3  
Old Posted Feb 7, 2007, 10:10 AM
kevinIndy kevinIndy is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 4
I like to fish and I like the Fishing Bobber
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #4  
Old Posted Feb 7, 2007, 2:46 PM
Navin Navin is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 560


Edit: Oops, I see they have that one already.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #5  
Old Posted Feb 7, 2007, 3:05 PM
trvlr70 trvlr70 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: usa
Posts: 2,245
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha View Post
On http://www.ohiobarns.com/othersites/...ty-object.html you can find a list with many weird water towers in the USA.
The Peach in SC is the BEST!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #6  
Old Posted Feb 7, 2007, 7:16 PM
-GR2NY-'s Avatar
-GR2NY- -GR2NY- is offline
RePpiN GR sTreeTz !
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Grand Rapids
Posts: 3,388
space ship!!

__________________
-Grand Rapids Metro, 1.4 Million strong.

-FerrariEnzo is the coolest forumer ever.

[>>]-Grand Rapids Boom Rundown-[<<]
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #7  
Old Posted Feb 7, 2007, 7:25 PM
DecoJim's Avatar
DecoJim DecoJim is offline
Art Deco Enthusiast
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Posts: 748
Most of the water towers in the list have fancy paint jobs but otherwise are of standard design.

That spaceship one is cool.

How about this 117 year old water tower in Ypsilanti, Michigan:
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #8  
Old Posted Feb 7, 2007, 8:40 PM
M.K. M.K. is offline
BANNED
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: §¡კ₪@דч®ɛ€...۩™ -> աաա
Posts: 3,934
Too american ones. The apple tower seems a tomato. The best in my oppinion is the watermellon one as it is too different and the mellon has water as also the tower has. The cups are pretty good ones. Interesting that none made a big globe as watertower immitating the Worldmaps, unfortunatly. In Brazil these structures are quite boxes, cylinders and spheres in concrete and plastic, but without a form definetly different, like that
In Germany they are pretty old towers similar to castle ones, like that
They are pretty beautiful ones.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #9  
Old Posted Feb 10, 2007, 7:48 AM
Coldrsx's Avatar
Coldrsx Coldrsx is online now
Community Guy
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Canmore, AB
Posts: 66,745
There is one in Lethbridge Alberta Canada with a restaurant in it now...

__________________
"The destructive effects of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building" - Jane Jacobs 1961ish

Wake me up when I can see skyscrapers
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #10  
Old Posted Feb 10, 2007, 8:00 AM
LMich's Avatar
LMich LMich is offline
Midwest Moderator - Editor
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Big Mitten
Posts: 31,745
Not sure how unusual it is, but here's the water tower at the Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital:

__________________
Where the trees are the right height
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #11  
Old Posted Mar 6, 2007, 9:49 PM
M.K. M.K. is offline
BANNED
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: §¡კ₪@דч®ɛ€...۩™ -> աաա
Posts: 3,934
In Sao Paulo near Ceagesp at Marginal Pinheiros has a Water Tower in BIC Pen format. Very uncommon. Unfortunatly i do not have photos to show.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #12  
Old Posted Mar 9, 2007, 8:55 PM
elsonic's Avatar
elsonic elsonic is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Montréal
Posts: 5,933
there's this cool one on Ste-Hélène Island in Montréal


http://www.flickr.com/photos/meantux...with/67131261/
__________________
signature
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #13  
Old Posted Mar 9, 2007, 11:52 PM
Swede's Avatar
Swede Swede is offline
YIMBY co-founder
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: sol.III.eu.se.08
Posts: 6,753
Quote:
Originally Posted by Navin View Post


Edit: Oops, I see they have that one already.
"Wellcome to Limestream"
makes sense I gues...
__________________
Forumers met so far:
Huopa, Nightsky, Jo, wolkenkrabber, ThisSideofSteinway, jacksom, New Jack City, LeCom, Ellatur, Jan, Dennis, Ace, Bardamu, AtlanticaC5, Ringil, Dysfunctional, stacey, karakhal, ch1le, Hviid, staff, kjetilab, Þróndeimr, queetz, FREKI, sander, Blue Viking, nomels, Mantas, ristov, Rafal_T, khaan, Chilenofuturista, Jonte Myra, safta20, AW, Pas, Jarmo K, IceCheese, Sideshow_Bob, sk, Ingenioren, Ayreonaut, Silver Creations, Hasse78, Svartmetall
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #14  
Old Posted Mar 10, 2007, 12:09 AM
Navin Navin is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 560
You would love Limestream: "America's Little Sweden". Steam comes out of the teapot in the summer. No lie.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #15  
Old Posted Mar 10, 2007, 12:14 PM
KevinFromTexas's Avatar
KevinFromTexas KevinFromTexas is offline
Meh
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: there and back again
Posts: 57,324
Here is the Watermelon Water Tower in Luling, Texas, 45 miles southeast of Austin. It's 154 feet tall. Luling grows a lot of water melons there and they have their annual "Watermelon thump". Basically a county fare where farmers sell their watermelons and they have a contest to see who can eat the most and throw the most watermelons.

__________________
Donate to Donald Trump's campaign today!

Thou shall not indict

Last edited by KevinFromTexas; Mar 11, 2007 at 2:00 PM.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #16  
Old Posted Mar 11, 2007, 2:49 AM
Stephenapolis's Avatar
Stephenapolis Stephenapolis is offline
The True Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 8,573
Quote:
Originally Posted by Navin View Post


Edit: Oops, I see they have that one already.
I hate driving through this town. I go through it every time I visit my dad. It is slow going. It used to be nice to go to, but now it is just too much.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #17  
Old Posted Mar 11, 2007, 3:48 AM
oilcan's Avatar
oilcan oilcan is offline
Tokyo 1993 - 1998
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 384
Maybe not the strangest, all I know is this scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.. about 10 storys tall...

Spokane's Shadle Park water tower..

Reply With Quote
     
     
  #18  
Old Posted Mar 11, 2007, 4:42 AM
g-man435's Avatar
g-man435 g-man435 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Greenville, SC
Posts: 1,193
Not weird or strange, just really cool. Gaffney, SC peach water tower due to the number of peaches produced here: http://www.gaffney-sc.com/Waterpeach.htm
__________________
GO CLEMSON TIGERS!!!!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #19  
Old Posted Mar 12, 2007, 3:16 AM
glowrock's Avatar
glowrock glowrock is offline
Becoming Chicago-fied!
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Chicago (West Avondale)
Posts: 19,689
Quote:
Originally Posted by trvlr70 View Post
The Peach in SC is the BEST!
Yep, the big peach with the asscrack is definitely the best!

Anyone need some peaches, fireworks, and porn? The stands are right next door, and along nearly every exit of I-85 from the SC/NC border through to at least Greenville! Haha

Aaron (Glowrock)
__________________
"Deeply corrupt but still semi-functional - it's the Chicago way." -- Barrelfish
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #20  
Old Posted Mar 12, 2007, 6:12 AM
Urban Sky's Avatar
Urban Sky Urban Sky is offline
skeetskeetskeet
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Miami Previously: San Diego
Posts: 2,203
Not really a water tower, but interesting none-the-less.
Took this just east of San Diego, Ca.
Reply With Quote
     
     
This discussion thread continues

Use the page links to the lower-right to go to the next page for additional posts
 
 
Reply

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Discussion Forums > Buildings & Architecture
Forum Jump


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 11:50 AM.

     
SkyscraperPage.com - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.