Wonky Water Tower - Visitor Attraction - Groom, Texas, USA.
N 35° 11.888 W 101° 04.922
14S E 310456 N 3897001
Wow a really cool Water Tower - Britten USA, leaning Water Tank looks as if its about to fall over. Still standing alongside Route 66, So you can now get your kicks waymarking. Located in Groom, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMMX3F
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/18/2014
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This is another Icon along Historic Rt. 66. Most travellers stop & visit this Water Tower out of curiosity, Who, Why, How, & of course their Kodak moment.
Who?
Leaning Water Tower info from the Roadside America Web Site:
"The leaning water tower displaying the words "Britten USA" has nothing at all to do with Britains living in the area. The Britten family is a huge ranching and farming family in the area." Text Source: (
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Why?
The Weird Texas Web site has full info & great pictures of this Iconic Water Tower.
"Some thought it was nearly toppled by an earthquake, while others, obviously more familiar with the Panhandle’s geologic track record, chalked it up to a passing tornado.
The more imaginative placed blame on a clumsy aviator. Naturally, these were all just rumors and entirely unsubstantiated. If you had no shame, you might go for the cheap joke and say they didn't hold water.
No, the real force responsible for the tower's tilt was far more powerful, and purely intentional. That's right, the lean was deliberate, a direct result of the most formidable influence known to man: good, old-fashioned American marketing.
It worked like a charm, too. Passing motorists pulled off the highway just to make sure they saw what they thought they saw. Next thing they knew, they were finding themselves in the parking lot of Ralph Britten's truck stop and restaurant, where the as-long-as-we're-here factor would take hold." Text Source: (
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How?
Beats me. Two legs are off the ground, & the center pole is not structural.
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