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Water tower   /wˈɔtər tˈaʊər/   Listen
noun
Water tower  n.  
1.
A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.
2.
A tower or standpipe used as a water storage reservoir, to deliver water at a required head of pressure, as to a fountain.





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"Water tower" Quotes from Famous Books



... one of the sangars from the interior, with the little shelters used by the Pathans when not amusing themselves with rifle practice. The water tower is just ...
— With Kelly to Chitral • William George Laurence Beynon
... Finally, however, we raised above the horizon a dark straight clump of trees. It danced in the mirage, and blurred and changed form, but it persisted. A strange patch of white kept appearing and disappearing again. This resolved itself into the side of a building. A spider-legged water tower appeared above ...
— The Land of Footprints • Stewart Edward White


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