The Brooks Catsup bottle water tower in Collinsville, Il.; The Campbells Soup can water tower in Shepparton, Victoria (Australia) from Chris Gregory’s Flickr Photostream; The Old Forester Bourbon bottle water tower in Louisville, KY from Agility Nut’s Flickr Photostream; The Dale Bros. Coffee can water tower in Fresno, CA from Matt (mistergoleta)’s Flickr Photostream; The Hoffman/Pabst bottle water tower (now demolished) in Newark, NJ via Roadside America web site; The Guaranteed Pure Milk Co. milk bottle water tower in Montreal from the Quebec Dairies web site.
Randy Ludacer
Beach Packaging Design
I used to live in Illinois near Collinsville and the catsup bottle. The thing that I always found the funniest about the water tower was the seeemingly high number of Asian/Japanese tourists visiting the thing. Thanks for bringing back some interesting memories.
Posted by: Eve | October 31, 2008 at 04:09 PM
Hi Eve, Thanks for commenting. The Collinsville catsup water tower, in particular, seems to be the source of much civic pride--(a dedicated web site about it, etc.) I have the feeling that, unless you live near one of these, you could go through your whole life never knowing such things existed.
Posted by: Randy Ludacer | October 31, 2008 at 04:28 PM
here is some more of the pabst brewery, i stepped inside for a few minutes but it was in newark so i didn't stay long...
http://flickr.com/photos/robdobi/sets/72157600054928450/
Posted by: rob dobi | November 05, 2008 at 07:56 AM
Rob, Thanks for commenting. Great photos. I really like that close up of the bottle with the ladder running up the side to the bottle cap. Sort of gives me vertigo to contemplate it.
Posted by: Randy Ludacer | November 05, 2008 at 08:21 AM