Water Towers - Illustration

What do you think of when you think of American landmarks? Like me you might think of The Chrysler Building, The Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty or The Flat Iron Building, but the humble water tower is an iconic sight and a fascinating landmark that is seen in both rural America as well as on the skylines of cities such as New York.  

As I researched more about water towers for this collection,  I found out that the wooden water towers in New York City are not just an iconic part of landscape left from years gone by, but play an essential part in supplying water to many apartments still today.

Here are a few more things that I learned;

• I found out that just three family run companies have played a role in building and maintaining the New York water towers for over a century now -  how amazing! 
• There are estimated to be over 15,000 water towers on the city rooftops, not all of them are wooden though.
• An interesting article that I found called 'Recycling Our Cities, One Building at a Time', on Bloomberg,  talked about sustainable building practices from around the world and how one company in Brooklyn is reclaiming timber from old retired water towers, which they then use to create beautiful architectural elements and creative designs for interiors, how wonderful is that!  You can check out the article link here and company link here if you would like to learn more.​

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