EF1590 - Old Water Tower - Florence, AL
Posted by: Lat34North
N 34° 49.494 W 087° 41.442
16S E 436837 N 3853842
This old water tower is located on Seymore Avenue, Florence, Alabama. Worth the drive to see this fine old stone tower.
Waymark Code: WMHGP7
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2013
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From the historic marker located at the tower.
"Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this tower of native stone was completed in 1890 as the foundation for a wrought- iron tank with a capacity of 280,000 gallons of water. It is 70 feet high and is located on the highest elevation in the city. Water was pumped here from Cypress Creek. It was constructed during the Industrial Boom at which time the population of Florence increased from approximately 2,000 in 1887 to over 6,000 in 1889. It was replaced by the adjoining standpipe in 1935."
Designation: FLORENCE TANK
Marker Type: tank
Setting: setting not listed
Documented History (by the NGS)
01/01/1914 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
01/01/1972 by LOCENG (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY LOCAL ENGINEER (INDIVIDUAL OR FIRM) 1972 (FJT) CONDITION OF POINT WHEN FOUND GOOD. THE STATION IS THE OLD FLORENCE CITY WATER COMPANY TANK. DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN IN N. FLORENCE ALA.