tag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:/items/e962c990-1a05-0134-1d6d-0050569601ca-5Water Tower2023-11-30T16:47:41Ztag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392082016-08-11T14:59:58Z2023-11-30T16:47:41ZWater TowerCaption: "The Water Tower[.] The North Water Works are situated on Chicago Avenue near the lake shore. Here a stone tower, one hundred and sixty feet high, receives water from the lake forced by four engines having a pumping capacity of ninety-nine million gallons daily. The water is conveyed to the tower through a brick tunnel five feet in diameter which extends two miles out and under the lake surface."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library