The Blue Water Tower (San Francisco, California)

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Newscopy: "McLaren Park has been invested with a monument that is as utilitarian as it is esthetic. The new landmark is an 80-foot standpipe, a stylized, all-steel water tank that supplies 400 homes in the area. The standpipe, which has a capacity of 350,000 gallons, was built at a cost of $53,110 by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. and looks like a kind of high-calorie Coit Tower...."

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Coordinates:   37°43'23"N   122°25'27"W

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  • The water tower has recently been replaced with a new tower that looks almost exactly the same. The old tower has not yet been demolished, so there are currently two towers standing next to each other. (as of December 2006)
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