Manassas Water Tower
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| Location | 9000 Quarry St., Manassas, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°45′10″N 77°28′10″W / 38.75278°N 77.46944°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1914 |
| NRHP reference No. | 16000533[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 15, 2016 |
The Manassas Water Tower is a historic water storage facility at 9000 Quarry Street in Manassas, Virginia. It is a steel structure 147 feet (45 m) in height, and is typical in style for its 1914 construction date, with a steel trestle supporting a tank with a hemispherical base and conical roof. It has a capacity of 75,000 US gallons (280,000 L; 62,000 imp gal). It was built near one of the city's six water wells, and is one of six water towers in the state with a hemispherical bottom. It is also the oldest water tower in the region.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Manassas Water Tower" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
