Water Tower Mania

Here are a couple of great links that will take you to some of the coolest and quirkiest water towers in the USA. The first link has tons of other neat stuff like covered bridges and old barns. Ohiobarns.com, yeah he's got lots of old barns. He even has several Meramec Caverns barns. Meramec Caverns is just a few more miles east on Old Route 66, that would be Exit 230 on I-44 in Missouri for those who don't know the old road. Back in the day, Lester Dill owned Meramec Caverns. He paid folks all over the country to paint Meremec Caverns signs on their barns. Some were painted on the sides, others on the roofs. There aren't many Meramec Cavern barns around anymore, but some of the ones that are can be seen on the Ohio Barns website.

The second link was put up by the Kilgore Memorial Library in York, NE. York is home of one of the more colorful water towers, which explains the library's interest. They have a nice thumbnail gallery of the water towers that they have cataloged. Whenever possible there is a brief history and explanation of the origins of the tower's design.

For me, unusual water towers have been a fun, but idle curiousity, for these guys it appears to be a passion. Enjoy the links. And my thanks to Ohio Barns and Kilgore Memorial Library for putting their collections on the internet.

http://www.ohiobarns.com/index.html http://www.yorklib.org/wtower.html