Editing Water tower (section)

== Standpipe ==
A standpipe is a water tower which is cylindrical (or nearly cylindrical) throughout its whole height, rather than an elevated tank on supports with a narrower pipe leading to and from the ground. [[File:Louisville water tower.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Louisville Water Tower]], one of the few remaining standpipe water towers in the United States. It was completed in 1860.]]
There were originally over 400 standpipe water towers in the United States, but very few remain today, including:<ref>{{cite book|title=St. Louis: Its Neighborhoods and Neighbors, Landmarks and Milestones|editor=Hannon, Robert E.|year=1986|publisher=Buxton & Skinner Printing Co.|location=St. Louis, MO|chapter=Treasured Towers|author=Harris, NiNi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.builtstlouis.net/watertowers/watertowers1.html|access-date=19 August 2011|title=Watertowers|publisher=builtstlouis.net}}</ref>

* Addison Standpipe, in [[Addison, Michigan]]
* [[Belton Standpipe (Belton, South Carolina)|Belton Standpipe]] in [[Belton, South Carolina]] (also in Allendale and Walterboro)
*Belton Standpipe in Belton, Texas
* [[Bellevue Standpipe]] (actually a water tank, not a tower), in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
* [[Chicago Water Tower]], in [[Chicago, Illinois]] [[File:Chicago Water tower.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Chicago Water Tower]]]]
* [[Cochituate standpipe]], in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
* [[Craig, Nebraska]] standpipe
* [[Eden Park Stand Pipe]], in [[Cincinnati]]
* [[Evansville Standpipe]] (a steel tower), in [[Evansville, Wisconsin]]
* [[Fall River Waterworks]], in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]]
* [[Forbes Hill Standpipe]], in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]
* [[Louisville Water Tower]], in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
* [[North Point Water Tower]], in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
* [[Reading Standpipe]] (demolished in 1999 and replaced by a modern steel tower), in [[Reading, Massachusetts]]
* [[Roxbury High Fort]] contains the Cochituate Standpipe
* St. Louis, Missouri has three standpipe water towers which are on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].
** [[Bissell Street Water Tower|Bissell Tower]] (also known as the Red Tower)
** [[Compton Hill Tower]]
** [[Grand Avenue Water Tower]]
* [[Thomas Hill Standpipe]], in [[Bangor, Maine]]
* [[Ypsilanti Water Tower]], in [[Ypsilanti, Michigan]]
* [[Bremen Water Tower]], in [[Bremen, Indiana]]
[[File:Standpipe water tower in Craig Nebraska.jpg|thumb|upright|Riveted iron standpipe in [[Craig, Nebraska]] ]]