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Water Tower after the Chicago Fire See also In 20, the tower was featured in the finales of The Amazing Race 6 and The Amazing Race 29 respectively.
The Tower was named an American Water Landmark in 1969. The Water Tower's castle-like style inspired the design of some White Castle restaurant buildings. Oscar Wilde said it looked like "a castellated monstrosity with pepper boxes stuck all over it," although he did admire the arrangement and movement of the pumping machinery inside. The structure has not been universally admired. In 2014, the small park the tower is sited in was named for former Chicago mayor Jane Byrne. This renovation consisted mostly of interior changes with only minor changes made to the exterior of the building. At that time many of the limestone blocks were replaced. The first took place during a three-year period, 1913–1916. In 1918, when Pine Street was widened, the plans were altered in order to give the Water Tower a featured location in the city. In the years since the fire, the tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and of the city's recovery from the fire. During the blaze, the roof caught fire and collapsed into the pumps, destroying them, along with any hope that there would be enough water to stop the spread of the fire. “Many Chicagoans know that the Water Tower survived the fire. The roof, not made of limestone, caught fire and the pumps stopped working, stopped supplying water to fight the fire. Ironically, the pumping station stopped working during the fire. A few other buildings in the burned district did survive along with the tower. The tower was the only public building in the burned zone to survive, and is one of just a few of the surviving structures still standing. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Together with the adjacent Chicago Avenue Pumping Station, it drew clean water from water cribs in Lake Michigan.
In addition to being used for firefighting, the pressure in the pipe could be regulated to control water surges in the area. Inside was a 138-foot (42 m) high standpipe to hold water. Boyington from yellowing Lemont limestone, is 182.5 feet (55 m) tall. The tower, built in 1869 by architect William W. History Chicago Water Tower and Chicago Avenue Pumping Station, circa 1886 The tower in comparison to other high rises in the area, September 2013 It features the work of local photographers, artists and filmmakers. The Chicago Water Tower now serves as a Chicago Office of Tourism as a small art gallery known as the City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower. Built in 1869, it is the second-oldest water tower in the United States, after the Louisville Water Tower in Louisville, Kentucky. The tower was constructed to house a large water pump, intended to draw water from Lake Michigan. The tower is located at 806 North Michigan Avenue along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois in a small park, the Jane M. Built to enclose the tall machinery of a powerful water pump in 1869, it became particularly well known when it survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, although the area around it was burnt to the ground. The Chicago Water Tower is a contributing property and landmark in the Old Chicago Water Tower District in Chicago, Illinois, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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