Western Springs (IL) Water Tower
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adgorn
N 41° 48.582 W 087° 54.060
16T E 425159 N 4629040
Constructed in 1892 using Naperville stone, the tower stands 112 feet high. It also housed village offices until 1968. No longer functioning as a water tower.
Waymark Code: WM3FRR
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/30/2008
Views: 36
After the spring in town dried up in 1890, the village hired engineers Edgar and Benezette Williams to build the village waterworks system, including the famous water tower. The stone was cut and squared on the premises. It became the Western Springs Historical Society museum (see waymark WM3D0J) in 1970 and entered the National Register of Historic Places in 1981(see waymark WM3EW4.)
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