Here is an odd-shaped tower that was photographed on 2012/09/02. It is in the central Texas Hill Country on Ranch to Market Road 12 between Dripping Springs and Wimberley. The water tower has the name of its residential subdivision “Woodcreek”. The water tower is a very unique and odd shape. This site has often discussed [...]
It had been suggested in a recent Star Ledger newspaper article that a water tower in North Carolina, at 219 feet, had usurped the title of “World’s Tallest Water Sphere”. While this blog and its author expressed admiration for the water tower in Erwin, it still remained to be seen at the time of the [...]
Winemaker Snoqualmie of Paterson, Columbia Valley, Washington gives recognition to water towers with its 2006 cabernet sauvignon. The artwork shows an iconic 4-legged tower, with town name Prussia (?), set against a swirling background, reminiscent of Van Gogh or Degas. The label is overprinted with clear varnish echoing the swirling of the background beneath. Click [...]
Be sure to read today’s (2012/02/22) issue of The Star-Ledger to read Lisa Rose’s interview, see Jennifer Brown’s photographs, and hear our thought on the World’s Tallest Water Sphere. We marvel at and respect a new tall water tower in North Carolina, but there will always be a tattoo burned in our minds and hearts [...]
Reader Adam Vorphilack writes to share a photo of an awesome water sphere sculpture done in chromed steel. This is an award that the Moog site in New York awards to retirees. You got to give credit to the Moog company. They love their water sphere, and being a true water sphere, it’s a work [...]
This photo of a glorious water tower is sent in via reader Jason Dengel. The water tower was completed on Wallops Island, Virginia in July of 2010. It stands 287 feet tall and holds 200,000. The water tank is used to service the nearby NASA launch pads. Nice view of the tower, the construction equipment, [...]
A reader writes to this site to say that Union no longer has the world’s tallest water tower. In fact the person suggests we rename the domain “worldssecondtallestwatersphere”. A photo is attached and a link is given to information on a new 221 foot water tower in Braman, Okalahoma, built in May of 2010. Well, [...]
Gina Signorella-Arlen of Union, New Jersey contributes this photo of a water tower in Nassau, Bahamas, taken sometime about early September of 2010. Gina says, “I thought you’d like to see how Nassau, Bahamas has handled the ‘clean municipal water supply’ challenge. Not a bad effort, but it lacks the grace and style of our [...]
The Portland Water Bureau has written a blog article on this site. It is interesting to see various water companies and municipal water works tracking and linking to this site. Thanks to author Jennie Day-Burget of Blogtella for writing the nice article. The Portland Water Bureau motto is “From Forest to Faucet”. The Union Township [...]
Many readers ask the World’s Tallest Water Sphere site, what exactly is a water sphere? What distinguishes a water sphere from a water spheroid? What is a water ellipsoid? What is the difference between a water tower and a water tank? Is the Union water tower, the world’s tallest water tower? To help answer these [...]
Here is the nearest neighbor to the World’s Tallest Water Sphere – the Kenilworth water tower. This squat water tower sits in Kenilworth, New Jersey just off of Route 22 between Springfield Road South and North Michigan Avenue. This quiet green spot of land is Black Brook Park near the Galloping Hill Golf Course that [...]
In case you are wondering why water towers are so tall, or why they so often are placed on hills, there is a great article written by Marshall Brain at “How Water Towers Work”. Not only do you get diagrams showing that the water goes inside the tower, you also see some photos of interesting [...]
This article introduces a new category for World’s Tallest Water Sphere – Competitors. This category both recognizes and compares other towers to the World’s Tallest Water Sphere. Note, I do not say “Union’s Water Tower”, or “The Water Sphere in Union”. I say the WTWS because Union New Jersey has the undisputed world’s tallest water [...]