Editing Groom, Texas (section)

===Leaning water tower===
[[File:Groom, Texas 03.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Leaning Tower of Britten]], found east of Groom along I-40 (old U.S. Route 66)]]
Also in Groom one can find a leaning [[water tower]], sometimes called The Leaning Tower of Texas or [[The Leaning Tower of Britten]], which currently serves as a decorative item and roadside attraction. The leaning tower was originally a functioning water tower which was slated for demolition until Ralph Britten bought it and moved it to serve as a sign for his truck stop and tourist information center (located on a stretch of interstate that was once a part of [[U.S. Route 66]]). This truck stop can still be seen, set back off the road behind the tower, now boarded up and in disrepair following a devastating fire decades ago.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s7AMgpRMqzMC&pg=PA170 |title=Weird Texas: Your Travel Guide to Texas's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets |author1=Wesley Treat |author2=Heather Shades |author3=Rob Riggs |author4=Mark Moran |author5=Mark Sceurman |page=170 |date= May 5, 2009|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company |accessdate=May 29, 2012|isbn=9781402766879}} ({{cite web| url=http://www.weirdus.com/states/texas/roadside_oddities/britten_leaning_water_tower/ |title=Weird Texas |accessdate=May 29, 2012}})</ref>

The leaning water tower still remains a popular target for cameras, and the town of Groom turns on a large colored star mounted on the top around Christmas time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/lakecou066/id/1347/rec/12 |title=Groom TX - Tower Fuel Stop. RT66-1107 |publisher=Illinois Digital Archives |access-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718073842/http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/lakecou066/id/1347/rec/12 |archive-date=July 18, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The water tower is a common image from Route 66 photography books.