Standpipe Water Towers
There were originally 400 standpipe water towers in the United States, but very few remain today, including:
- Baton Rouge Waterworks Company Standpipe, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Belton Standpipe in Belton, South Carolina
- Belton Standpipe (Belton, Texas), in Belton, Texas
- Bellevue Standpipe, in Boston, Massachusetts
- Chicago Water Tower, in Chicago, Illinois
- Cochituate Standpipe, in Boston, Massachusetts
- Eden Park Stand Pipe, in Cincinnati
- Evansville Standpipe, in Evansville, Wisconsin
- Fall River Waterworks, in Fall River, Massachusetts
- Forbes Hill Standpipe, in Quincy, Massachusetts
- Louisville Water Tower, in Louisville, Kentucky
- North Point Water Tower, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Reading Standpipe, in Reading, Massachusetts
- St. Louis, Missouri has three standpipe water towers which are on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Bissell Tower (also known as the Red Tower)
- Compton Hill Tower
- Grand Avenue Water Tower
- Thomas Hill Standpipe, in Bangor, Maine
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