What Are These Tower Structures?

[Brian41]

Don't have one here but most of us have wells.

Brother and his buddy though got busted as kids climbing the one in our hometown. When asked why they did it he said because it had a ladder and we wanted to see what it looked like at top.

 

[soFlaNative]

North Dade Co. has one with my name on it. My first and only try at graffiti.

The weight of the elevated water creates enough head pressure to keep a system charged in case of a large water main break or pump failure.

 

[Grayfox]

Heck, we got four or five of 'em right here in my little town. All of them have BARTLETT printed in nice big letters.
Come to think of it, they might be warning signs so we don't accidently cross the city limits and wind up in Memphis!

 

[rwsmith]

And risk??

Heck, we got four or five of 'em right here in my little town. All of them have BARTLETT printed in nice big letters.
Come to think of it, they might be warning signs so we don't accidently cross the city limits and wind up in Memphis!

And risk getting shot down????

 

[shouldazagged]

And risk getting shot down????

Or wandering into a convention of Elvis impersonators.

 

[sigp220.45]

I've driven past this one at least a hundred times headed to Albuquerque. I still can't pronounce it.

 

[meaneyedcatz]

If the tower is just a straight cylinder then it is a water tower.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I need to find my old aluminum foil hat!

 

[Vulcan Bob]

The voices in my head say's, listen to HOUSTON RICK! Those are mind control towers!

 

[DR505]

I've driven past this one at least a hundred times headed to Albuquerque. I still can't pronounce it.

Tsk tsk...you need to brush up on your Navajo.

The address for the Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Health Center is:
Dzilth-NA-O-Dith-Hle
6 Road 7586
Bloomfield, NM 87413
Phone: 505-960-1801
Fax: 505-368-6476

 

[Coldshooter]

The MOUT training complex at Ft Knox which looks like a small town has a water tower in the middle. It is actually the control room for the whole training complex.

 

[Cyrano]

In the midwest, some of those things could be grain elevators. They're a lot different shape than water towers, though.

 

[sigp220.45]

Tsk tsk...you need to brush up on your Navajo.

Hahaha - even the Navajos here just call it DZ!

 

[cowart]

OK just looked I guess they don't have water towers in the UK.

The system they had when I lived there in the 50s was very different than what I have seen in the US. Since the area is fairly small, and doesn't have big differences in elevation, there isn't much opportunity to have gravity move the water. The water pressure is therefore quite low. They put a quite large water tank in the attic of each house. It slowly fills from the low local water pressure. That tank supplies all the taps in the house, and thereby achieves a reasonable water pressure.

 

[goldenlight]

OK thanks; why is the town name printed on them?

So people flying small aircraft without their instrument rating can figure out where they are. No. Really. I used to read off the names of towns with binoculars when my brother owned a wood and fabric 1946 Aironca Chief. It didn't even have a radio. My brother just had a hand held radio.