Brooks Catsup Bottle - "Tangy Encounter" - Collinsville, Illinois
Posted by: BruceS
N 38° 39.775 W 089° 58.939
16S E 240509 N 4283592
Ziggy visited the World's Largest Catsup Bottle in Collinsville, Illinois.
Waymark Code: WMBA65
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/25/2011
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The World's Larges Catsup Bottle is located next to Route 159 in Collinsville, Illinois. The bottle built as a water tower for the G.S. Suppiger catsup bottling plant, the bottlers of Brooks old original rich and tangy catsup. The 170-foot tall water tower was built by the W.E. Caldwell Company in 1949.
The catsup bottle was threatened with demolition in 1995 but save by a citizen group, Catsup Bottle Preservation Group, which also restored the bottle to its original appearance.
The catsup bottle is a popular tourist stop with people traveling through the area.
The catsup bottle was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. - information from World's Large Catsup Bottle website
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