Was not sure where to put this one. Yes, that is Lt. Clark Gable with the 8th Air Force (US Army Air Corps). Check out the .50 caliber rounds. For his service, he received a DFC and an Air Medal among other decorations.
Water Tower Architecture The date on some of the descriptions indicates the year built. Breda, Netherlands Rostock Water Tower, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (1903) Chicago Water Tower, USA (1869) Montmartre water tower, just behind the sacré coeur Wiener Neustadt Water Tower, Austria (1910) Bankstown Reservoir, Sydney, Australia (1920) Gamla Vattentornet, Landskrona, Sweden (1904) Multi-tank water tower in Brussels Old water tower of Viljandi, Estonia (1911)
Just a bit further down the rabbit hole... Guaranteed Pure Milk Company Water Tower, Montreal, Canada (1930) House in the Clouds, Thorpeness, Suffolk, UK Svaneke Water Tower, Bornholm, Denmark (1952) Vukovar Water Tower, Croatia (1968) Gaffney, South Carolina
The other day I was looking at photos of the world’s most beautiful libraries. I think I’ll post some of those soon. I don’t know if anything like that is still being made anywhere but those spaces are just stunningly gorgeous and majestic. Almost sacred looking.
What is interesting about the water towers to me is the effort they took to make something so utilitarian look pleasing and even beautiful.
