Archive for the 'Fun Facts' Category
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
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. […]
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Thursday, May 31st, 2007
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 […]
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
Some coincidences are stranger than fiction, including this set of Water Sphere facts worthy of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! The World’s Tallest Water Sphere is located in Union Township, New Jersey. Less than one mile from the WTWS is Burnet Junior High School. Nearby is Burnet Avenue. Both of these landmarks are named after […]
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
Strange but true. The LoveLine Radio Show has named Union’s WTWS one of its best date spots. See the article in the archives section of Best Date Spots. “What could be cool or date-worthy about a water sphere? Well, for starters, you won’t find another larger one anywhere in the world. If that alone doesn’t […]
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Thursday, May 18th, 2006
Here is a brief followup to our recent posting on our fan pop band The Characters. Note that their records are released on the prestigious Union Records label. If you look closely you will see that the Union Records logo contains a graphic image of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere shrouded by a celestial fantasm […]
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Saturday, January 7th, 2006
For our United States readers, do not forget that a 1 ounce first class postage stamp price will increase to 39 cents on Sunday 2006-01-08. You can create your own World’s Tallest Water Sphere stamps at Stamps.com. Simply steal one of the beautiful World’s Tallest Water Sphere photos from this site, upload, pay, and you […]
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Sunday, December 11th, 2005
Is Thomas A. Edison connected to the World’s Tallest Water Sphere? Well, as far as I can tell, not directly. However, he did help design some concrete houses that were built by Charles Ingersoll in 1917. These historic houses are well cared-for and sitting nearly at the base of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere on […]
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Thursday, December 1st, 2005
Trial defendant’s body found dead in trunk of car at Huck Finn Diner, 2 miles west of WTWS on Morris Avenue (Route 82). Star Ledger article
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
If you are a fan of Google Maps sightseeing, then you must surely like our reference in the Google New Jersey category . Thanks to all for helping to get the World’s Tallest Water Sphere listed, but let’s explain a few things: The blue blob at the center of the map is not the WTWS! […]
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Sunday, November 13th, 2005
Now available, one of the only Union, New Jersey stamps in existence, the World’s Tallest Water Sphere stamp. This stamp is good for 37 cents, the price of a 1 ounce first class letter in the United States. You may upload images of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere and print stamps at Stamps.com.
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2005
Robert Misseck, reporter for the Newark Star Ledger has alerted me to his 2003/09/05 article containing these facts: a 216 foot tower in Edmund Oklahoma is taller and holds more water, but technically that design is a water spheroid. Union’s Water Sphere is still the tallest true water sphere. Chicago Bridge and Iron also has […]
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Monday, October 10th, 2005
Erin Reilly, Corporate Communication / Government Affairs Representative of the Elizabethtown Water Company has sent me the following fun Union Water Sphere facts: 212 feet tall holds 250,000 gallons of well water built in 1964 by Chicago Bridge and Iron Industries last painted in 1994. 20 year paint life-expectancy drained and inspected every other year
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