2-496-320 - Curt Teich Postcard Archives/Heritage Images

White Water Tower, St Louis, Missouri, USA, 1911. Vintage postcard. The tower, which stands on is an example of a standpipe tower, built not to store water but to control surges in pressure in the water supply system. A 154 foot high Corinthian column, it was designed by architect George Barnett in 1871. The tower was taken out of service in 1912 as a new electric pumping system reduced the fluctuations in pressure in the water system, but local residents have resisted several attempts to have it demolished. The White Tower is one of three standpipe towers that survive in St Louis.