Editing Water tower (section)

=== Spheres and spheroids ===
The [[Chicago Bridge and Iron Company]] has built many of the water spheres and spheroids found in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | title = Waterspheroid | publisher = CBI | url = http://www.cbi.com/images/uploads/2011%20Watershpheroid.pdf | access-date = 24 February 2012}}</ref> The website ''World's Tallest Water Sphere'' describes the distinction between a water sphere and water [[spheroid]] thus:
 
{{blockquote|A water sphere is a type of water tower that has a large sphere at the top of its post. The sphere looks like a golf ball sitting on a tee or a round lollipop. A cross section of a sphere in any direction (east-west, north-south, or top-bottom) is a perfect circle. A water spheroid looks like a water sphere, but the top is wider than it is tall. A spheroid looks like a round pillow that is somewhat flattened. A cross section of a spheroid in two directions (east-west or north-south) is an ellipse, but in only one direction (top-bottom) is it a perfect circle. Both spheres and spheroids are special-case ellipsoids: spheres have symmetry in 3 directions, spheroids have symmetry in 2 directions. Scalene ellipsoids have 3 unequal length axes and three unequal cross sections.<ref>{{cite web | title = Water Sphere versus Water Spheroid | publisher = World's Tallest Water Sphere | date = June 2009 | url = http://www.worldstallestwatersphere.com/?p=196 | website = The World's Tallest Water Sphere | access-date = 22 February 2012}}</ref>}}

The [[Union Watersphere]] is a water tower topped with a [[sphere|sphere-shaped]] [[water tank]] in [[Union Township, Union County, New Jersey|Union, New Jersey]],<ref>{{Citation | last = Westerggaard | first = Barbara | title = New Jersey A guide to the state | date = August 2005 | publisher = Rutgers University Press | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ww7BJbdR4lEC&pg=PA366 | isbn = 0-8135-3685-5 }}</ref> and characterized as the ''World's Tallest Water Sphere''.

A ''Star Ledger'' article<ref name="landmark">{{citation | last = Rose | first = Lisa | title = Despite challenge, Union Township water tower remains a Jersey landmark | newspaper = The Star-Ledger | date = 22 February 2012 | url = http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/despite_challenge_union_townsh.html | access-date = 21 February 2012 }}</ref> suggested a water tower in [[Erwin, North Carolina]] completed in early 2012, {{convert|219.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} tall and holding {{convert|500000|gal|m3}},<ref>{{cite web | last = Philliops | first = Gregor | title = Erwin's new water tower will be among tallest on East Coast | work = The Fayetteville Observer | date = 11 May 2011 | url = http://fayobserver.com/articles/2011/05/14/1093639 | access-date = 25 February 2012 | archive-date = 27 August 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110827115134/http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2011/05/14/1093639 | url-status = dead }}</ref> had become the World's Tallest Water Sphere. However, photographs of the Erwin water tower revealed the new tower to be a water spheroid.<ref>{{cite web|title=World's Tallest Water Sphere Title Safe for Now|url=http://www.worldstallestwatersphere.com/?p=373 |publisher= The World's Tallest Water Sphere|access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref>

The water tower in [[Braman, Oklahoma]], built by the [[Kaw Nation]] and completed in 2010, is {{convert|220.6|ft|m|abbr=on}} tall and can hold {{convert|350000|gal|m3}}.<ref>{{cite web | title = Water Tower – Braman, Oklahoma | website = Waymarking.com | url = http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMA1DP_Water_Tower_Braman_Oklahoma | access-date = 22 February 2012}}</ref> Slightly taller than the Union Watersphere, it is also a spheroid.<ref>{{cite web | title = World's Tallest Water Sphere? | website = The World's Tallest Water Sphere | date = 22 December 2010 | url = http://www.worldstallestwatersphere.com/?p=298 | access-date = 22 February 2012}}</ref>

Another tower in Oklahoma, built in 1986 and billed as the "largest water tower in the country", is {{convert|218|ft|m|abbr=on}} tall, can hold {{convert|500000|gal|m3}}, and is located in [[Edmond, Oklahoma|Edmond]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Edmond Huskies | website = Waymarking.com | url = http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6E5 | access-date = 22 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Largest Water Tower | publisher = Center for Land Use Interpretation | url = http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/OK3128/# | access-date = 22 February 2012}}</ref>

The ''Earthoid'', a perfectly spherical tank located in [[Germantown, Maryland]] is {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}} tall and holds {{convert|2000000|gal|m3}} of water. The name is taken from it being painted to resemble a globe of the world.<ref>{{cite web | last = Gaines | first = Danielle | title = Germantown's Earthoid water tower could be up for a makeover WSSC to choose new painted design for tank next month | publisher = Gazette. Net | date = 2 March 2011 | url = http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/03022011/germnew185447_32533.php | access-date = 3 March 2012 | archive-date = 9 June 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130609024709/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/03022011/germnew185447_32533.php | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = "Earthoid" Water Storage Tank – Germantown MD | website = Waymarking.com | date = 7 September 2009 | url = http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7668 | access-date = 3 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Makeover The Earthoid gets a refresh | date = 16 March 2011 | publisher = Germantown Patch | url = http://germantown.patch.com/articles/makeover-the-earthoid-water-tower-gets-a-refresh | access-date = 3 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = A whole new world Earthoid water tank makeover update | date = 11 November 2011 | publisher = Germantown Patch | url = http://germantown.patch.com/articles/a-whole-new-world-earthoid-water-tank-makeover-update | access-date = 3 March 2012}}</ref>

The golf ball-shaped tank of the water tower at [[Gonzales, California]] is supported by three tubular legs and reaches about {{convert|125|ft|m|abbr=on}} high.<ref>{{cite web | title = Gonzales Round Municipal Tank | website = Waymarking.com | date = 22 April 2009 | url = http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM68BR_Gonzales_Round_Municipal_Tank_Gonzales_CA | access-date = 25 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Gonzales Water Tower | website = Waymarking.com | url = http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM14DF_Gonzales_Water_Tower | access-date = 25 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Gonzales Water Tower | publisher = Wikimapia | url = http://wikimapia.org/12760743/Gonzales-Water-Tower | access-date = 25 February 2012}}</ref>

The [[Eindhoven Water Towers|Watertoren (or Water Towers)]] in [[Eindhoven]], Netherlands contain three spherical tanks, each {{convert|10|m|ft|abbr=on}} in diameter and capable of holding {{convert|500|m3|gal}} of water, on three {{convert|43.45|m|ft|abbr=on}} spires were completed in 1970.<ref>{{cite web | title = Water Tower Eindhoven | url = http://www.architectureguide.nl/project/list_projects_of_typeofbuilding/typ_id/28/prj_id/810 | access-date = 24 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Water Tower | url = http://mimoa.eu/projects/Netherlands/Eindhoven/Watertower | access-date = 24 February 2012 | archive-date = 29 November 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111129092221/http://mimoa.eu/projects/Netherlands/Eindhoven/Watertower | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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File:Wasserturm Ehrang.jpg|Disused sphere-shaped railway water tower in [[Trier]], Germany
File:Pequot_Lakes_1.jpg|[[Paul Bunyan]]'s [[Fishing float|Bobber]] Water Tower in [[Pequot Lakes, Minnesota]]
File:East Bay Water Tower.jpg|[[East Bay Township, Michigan|East Bay Township]] Water Tower near [[Traverse City, Michigan]]
File:Waterbollen Eindhoven-02.jpg|[[Eindhoven]] Water Towers, Netherlands
File:Cocoa_water_tower_night.jpg|[[Oblate spheroid]] water tower in [[Cocoa, Florida|Cocoa]], [[Florida]]
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