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  2. Water tower - Wikipedia

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    A water tower is an elevated structure [ 1] supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a distribution system for potable water, and to provide emergency storage for fire protection. [ 2] Water towers often operate in conjunction with underground or surface service reservoirs, which store treated water close to ...

  3. Water storage - Wikipedia

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    Water storage. Water storage is a broad term referring to storage of both potable water for consumption, and non potable water for use in agriculture. In both developing countries and some developed countries found in tropical climates, there is a need to store potable drinking water during the dry season. In agriculture water storage, water is ...

  4. Union Watersphere - Wikipedia

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    However photographs of the Erwin water tower revealed the new tower to be a water spheroid. [12] The water tower in Braman, Oklahoma, built by the Kaw Nation and completed in 2010, is 220.6 ft (67.2 m) tall and can hold 350,000 US gallons (1,300 m 3). [13] Slightly taller than the Union Watersphere, it is technically a spheroid. [14]

  5. Category:Water towers in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Water towers on the National Register of Historic Places‎ (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Water towers in the United States" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.

  6. List of Tower of Power members - Wikipedia

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    Tower of Power performing in 2014. Tower of Power (TOP) is an American rhythm and blues band from Oakland, California.Formed in August 1968, the group is centred on a horn section which originally featured tenor saxophonists Emilio "Mimi" Castillo and Steven "Skip" Mesquite, baritone saxophonist Stephen "Doc" Kupka, and trumpeters Greg Adams, David Padron, Mic Gillette and Ken Balzell.

  7. Hydroelectric power in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Hydroelectricityis, as of 2019, the second-largest renewable source of energy in both generation and nominal capacity (behind wind power) in the United States.[1] In 2021, hydroelectric power produced 31.5% of the total renewable electricity, and 6.3% of the total U.S. electricity. [2]

  8. Chicago Water Tower - Wikipedia

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    April 23, 1975. The Chicago Water Tower is a contributing property and landmark in the Old Chicago Water Tower District in Chicago, Illinois, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [ 1] Built to enclose the tall machinery of a powerful water pump in 1869, it became particularly well known when it survived the ...

  9. Tower of Power - Wikipedia

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    Tower of Power is an American R&B and funk based band and horn section, originating in Oakland, California, that has been performing since 1968. [1] There have been a number of lead vocalists, the best-known being Lenny Williams , who fronted the band between early 1973 and late 1974, the period of their greatest commercial success.