Ypsilanti Water Tower (Ypsilanti, Michigan) | NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, 1889_construction

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 water tower, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, 1889_construction
Historic water tower built in 1889. See www.michmarkers.com/startup.asp?startpage=L1591.htm for more details.

Also, this building was voted as the world's most phallic building. See www.cabinetmagazine.org/phallic/winner.php

Known as the "Brick Dick" to area residents. Legend has it that it will fall if a virgin ever graduates from EMU.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypsilanti_Water_Tower
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Coordinates:   42°14'43"N   83°37'28"W

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