This photo shows the World’s Tallest Water Sphere trapped in a cage yearning to be free. This reader submission was taken on October 7th, 2007. No photo editing trickery here, just an angle taken from the perimeter fence behind the Dress Barn strip mall across the street.
Are you creative with photo editing? Do you like seeing your favorite water sphere in hilarious situations? If so, send us your photo edits featuring the World’s Tallest Water Sphere, and we’ll post the good ones on the site. In the photo we see a drunken reveler partying with the water sphere. Perhaps his dual […]
Google Maps now provides a service to see street views of places listed on the maps. Appropriately, the service is called Google Street views, and it is available via a new Street View button on the maps. Not every street has a street photo view, but of course we checked, and the WTWS is listed. […]
One way to see the world without leaving your chair is to go Google Sightseeing. Using just a browser and an immense database of maps and aerial photography, one can virtually visit the world’s famous cities and landmarks, explore rivers and mountain ranges, see world heritage sites, or simply map out some vacation plans. One […]
As we all know, the world is becoming a more crowded place. New Jersey is the most crowded state in the U.S. with the highest population density. So despite all the jokes, it appears people love and really want to live in New Jersey. What is interesting is that New Jersey has some really dense […]
This most unusual doorway leads to places that few people have seen. Although it looks like an ordinary maintenance passage to the interior of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere, it is rumored that few of the people who have entered here have returned with their sanity. This photo shows the pale blue color of the […]
The years come and go, but since 1964 Union, New Jersey has the world’s record for the World’s Tallest Water Sphere. Here’s a photo of an old sign near the base of the water sphere. I believe this sign once said “Elizabethtown Gas” with a graphic outline of the water pump design used by company […]
Here’s a close-up shot of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere from the end of the year in 2006. This was a great year for the site with many user emails, stories, and lots of wonderful photos and artwork. We hope you keep contributing and writing in the future. This photo was taken midday on a […]
Artist and filmmaker David Kessler, Union High class of 1993, shares more of his fantastic photos and artwork. The image is of a ceramic tile that David painted with acrylics, created in 2002. This image was used for an album cover for a band in Philadelphia where David currently resides. David’s imagination brings to light […]
Artist and filmmaker David Kessler, Union High class of 1993, writes to share some of his fantastic photos and artwork. The image is of a ceramic tile that David painted with acrylics, created in 2002. He says, Admittedly, the World’s Tallest Water Sphere is not always a positive symbol for me. Union was not always […]
Here’s a man you cannot help but admire. Paulo writes that his girlfriend is a proud Union County native, they have visited Kawameeh Park near the World’s Tallest Water Sphere, and they have some of the most stunning and beautiful photos of the WTWS on their Flikr site. Paulo says, “I remember reading with much […]
Many people have treated the World’s Tallest Water Sphere in photography, film, or painting. Today we honor those artists who view the tower and see the magnificence of its form, symbolisim, and vision. This artwork “World’s Tallest Water Sphere Reclining” was created in the 1990s for a cassette cover by David Wuethrich, resident of Union. […]
Happy New Year to all! This site is happy to bring you the first photos of 2006 of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere. The author was lucky enough to take a trip to Union on 2005-12-27 and take some photos of the water sphere. More photos to come soon in an upcoming photo essay. In […]
One final aerial view of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere looking southwest, courtesy of Windows Live Local Virtual Earth. Be sure to click on the “bird’s eye” link to see some good up close and personal views. Using the water sphere as a sun dial, the shadow points west and is mid length. I would […]
Here is the south view of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere, courtesy of Windows Live Local Virtual Earth. Be sure to click on the “bird’s eye” link to see some good up close and personal views. Notice the attachment of several rings of cell phone antennas. What a bastardization! An affrontery! Would they attach antennas […]
Continuing with the lovely views of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere, here’s another courtesy of Windows Live Local Virtual Earth. Be sure to click on the “bird’s eye” link to see some good up close and personal views. What is interesting about the bird’s eye views is that each close-up photo tile is slightly time […]
Here is a recent bird’s eye view of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere courtesy of Windows Live Local Virtual Earth. Be sure to click on the “bird’s eye” link to see some good up close and personal views. This particular photo shows the light blue/off white paint scheme of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere and […]
Here is an aerial photo of the Union, New Jersey area looking west from a Continental Boeing 737 landing at Newark Liberty airport on 2004/12/27. The Union World’s Tallest Watersphere, now painted nearly-white, is on the right beneath the wing. The Kenilworth tower is on the left on a small hillock. On the western horizon […]
This site contains facts, information, and modelling hints for the World’s Tallest Water Sphere located in Union, New Jersey. Centered at the crossroads of the Garden State Parkway (exit 139), Interstate Route 78, U.S. Routes 22 and 124, and Morris Avenue (State Route 82), millions of motorists view this giant blue water tower each year. […]