Information about American Water Landmark

An American Water Landmark is a landmark within the United States or Canada that is a historic location and is associated in any way with water. The American Water Works Association has designated American Water Landmarks since 1969.[1]

The following is a partial list of structures given the American Water Landmark designation:
Year Recipient Location
1969Chicago Water TowerChicago, Illinois
1969Theodore Roosevelt DamPhoenix, Arizona
1970Riverside Water TowerRiverside, Illinois
1971Bethlehem WaterworksBethlehem, Pennsylvania
1972Cabin John BridgeCabin John, Maryland
1972Fresno Water TowerFresno, California
1972Druid Lake DamBaltimore, Maryland
1973Big WellGreensburg, Kansas
1974Jones Beach State Park Water TowerJones Beach, New York
1974Ypsilanti Water TowerYpsilanti, Michigan
1977Woodland ReservoirSyracuse, New York
1980Lake Whitney DamHamden, Connecticut
1981Mountain Dell DamSalt Lake City, Utah
1981Echo BridgeNewton, Massachusetts
1981Main Station Pump House #1Peoria, Illinois
1982Havana Water TowerHavana, Illinois
1984George's Pond ReservoirNewfoundland
1985Winnipeg AqueductWinnipeg, Manitoba
1986Remington Water TowerRemington, Indiana
1994Fort Thomas Treatment PlantFort Thomas, Kentucky
1995Volunteer Park StandpipeSeattle, Washington
2000Brooks Catsup Bottle Water TowerCollinsville, Illinois
2000Cedartown Water PlantCedartown, Georgia

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landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area.

In modern usage, it includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument, building, or other structure.
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Water is a common chemical substance that is essential to all known forms of life.[1] In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or state, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor.
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American Water Works Association (AWWA) is an international nonprofit professional organization dedicated to the improvement of drinking water quality and supply. It was founded in 1881 and, as of 2007, there are approximately 60,000 AWWA members world-wide.
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Location: 806 N Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Built/Founded: 1869

Added to NRHP: April 23, 1975

NRHP Reference#: 75000644 [1]

Governing body: Local

The Chicago Water Tower
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City of Chicago

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Nickname: "The Windy City", "The Second City", "ChiTown", "Hog Butcher for the World", "City of the Big Shoulders", "The City That Works"
Motto: "Urbs in Horto
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Theodore Roosevelt Dam is a dam on the Salt River located Northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. The dam is 357 feet high and was built between 1905 and 1911. The Dam is named after Theodore Roosevelt. The dam has a hydroelectric generating capacity of 36,000 kW.
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City of Phoenix, Arizona
Downtown Phoenix

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Nickname: Valley of the Sun
Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona
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1967 1968 1969 - 1970 - 1971 1972 1973

Year 1970 (MCMLXX
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Location: Riverside, Illinois

Built/Founded: 1869
Architect: Frederick Law Olmsted; Calvert Vaux

Added to NRHP: September 15 1969

NRHP Reference#: 69000055 [1]

Governing body: Local Riverside
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Location: Riverside, Illinois

Built/Founded: 1869
Architect: Frederick Law Olmsted; Calvert Vaux

Added to NRHP: September 15 1969

NRHP Reference#: 69000055 [1]

Governing body: Local Riverside
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1968 1969 1970 - 1971 - 1972 1973 1974

Year 1971 (MCMLXXI
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Downtown Bethlehem in 2007

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Location in Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania
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1940s  1950s  1960s  - 1970s -  1980s  1990s  2000s
1969 1970 1971 - 1972 - 1973 1974 1975

Year 1972 (MCMLXXII
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The American Legion Memorial Bridge, also known as the American Legion Bridge and the Cabin John Bridge, is a bridge in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
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Cabin John, Maryland

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State Maryland
County Montgomery
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Fresno, California

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Nickname: Fresno, the All American City & Raisin Capital of the World
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Druid Hill Park is a 745-acre park in Baltimore, Maryland. The land was originally part of the Druid Hill estate of Nicholas Rogers, and was purchased by the city of Baltimore with the revenue derived from a one-cent park tax on the nickel horsecar fares.
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City of Baltimore
Downtown Baltimore

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Nickname: Charm City,[1] Mob Town,[2][3] B-more, Crabtown, The City of Firsts
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1970 1971 1972 - 1973 - 1974 1975 1976
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The Big Well, in Greensburg, Kansas, USA, is a water well designed to provide water for the Santa Fe and Rock Island railroads.[1] It was built in 1887 at a cost of $45,000, and served as the municipal water supply until 1932.
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City of Greensburg
Location of Greensburg in Kansas
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Kansas
County Kiowa
Area
 - City  1.5 sq mi (3.
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
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1971 1972 1973 - 1974 - 1975 1976 1977

Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV
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Jones Beach State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of New York. It is located in southern Nassau County, in the hamlet of Wantagh, on Jones Beach Island, a barrier island linked to Long Island by the Meadowbrook Parkway and Wantagh Parkway across the Great South Bay.
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Jones Beach State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of New York. It is located in southern Nassau County, in the hamlet of Wantagh, on Jones Beach Island, a barrier island linked to Long Island by the Meadowbrook Parkway and Wantagh Parkway across the Great South Bay.
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The Ypsilanti Water Tower, nicknamed by some The Brick Dick, is a historic water tower in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The tower was designed by William R. Coats and constructed as part of an elaborate city waterworks project that began in 1899.
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City of Ypsilanti
The Ypsilanti Water Tower and statue of Demetrius Ypsilanti.

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Nickname: Ypsi, Ypsitucky
Motto: Pride. Diversity. Heritage.
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