| Beloit Water Tower | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | 1005 Pleasant St. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Beloit, Wisconsin |
| Architect: | J. Beloit is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2007 census estimate Beloit has a population of 37710 people B. Kinley |
| Added to NRHP: | January 7, 1983 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 83003410 |
| MPS: | Beloit MRA |
The Beloit Water Tower is an historic 1889 octagonal limestone water tower in Beloit, Wisconsin. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Regular octagons A regular octagon is an octagon whose sides are all the same length and whose internal angles are all the same size Limestone is a Sedimentary rock composed largely of the Mineral Calcite ( Calcium carbonate: CaCO3 A water tower, watershed, or elevated water tower is a large elevated water storage container Beloit is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2007 census estimate Beloit has a population of 37710 people
The tower, completed in 1889 to serve the city's water needs, particularly fire protection, was built by a consortium of local businessmen. Eventually serving 25,000 customers, it was abandoned after the completion of an adjacent steel water tower with twice the capacity around 1935, and allowed to stand due to excessive demolition costs.
The structure, located on a bluff overlooking the Rock River just north of the Beloit College campus, originally contained a 100,000 gallon water tank made of cypress, and pressurized seven miles of pipes. Beloit College is a selective private coeducational Liberal arts College in Beloit Wisconsin, USA, and a member of the Associated Colleges Cypress is the name applied to many Plants in the conifer family Cupressaceae (cypress family
A Beloit Daily News article in 1935 said it was "once regarded as the finest piece of masonry in the west". The Beloit Daily News is a daily newspaper serving Beloit Wisconsin and the Stateline Area since 1848 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of The Shingle Style pump house at the base of the bluff now acts as the Beloit Visitor Center. The Queen Anne Style is a style of architecture, furniture and decoration that reached its greatest popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century manifesting itself in
External links
- Stone Octagon Water Tower (with photograph)
- Old stone water tower, 'built too well', allowed to stand - Wisconsin Historical Society
- Beloit Visitor Center: A City Symbol Stands Proud Again
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