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The North Point Water Tower was built in 1873 and 1874 as part of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
's first public waterworks, with Victorian Gothic styling unusually handsome for a water tower. It was added to the
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in 1973.


History

The City of Milwaukee was authorized by the
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to construct the water tower in 1871. Designed by Charles A. Gombert, it was built out of
limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
from
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to house the wrought iron standpipe. The building cost more than $50,000 to complete, far exceeding the original $8,000 estimate. A pumping station below the bluff drew water from Lake Michigan and pumped it onward into the municipal waterworks. With The pipe inside the tower—four feet across and 120 feet tall—served to buffer the rest of the waterworks from destructive pulsations from the massive pumps. The standpipe was surrounded by the stone tower to keep its water from freezing.


References

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