Chicago Water Tower
The Chicago Water Tower is a is 182.5-foot tall former water tower in Chicago, Illinois. Inside was a 138-foot high standpipe, which housed a large water pump.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Water Tower Place and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Water Tower Place
Shopping center
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Water Tower Place is an urban mixed-use development comprising a 758,000 sq ft shopping mall in a 74-story skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. The mall is located on North Michigan Avenue, along the Magnificent Mile. Water Tower Place is situated 510 feet northeast of Chicago Water Tower.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Museum
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is situated 890 feet east of Chicago Water Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Along the Magnificent Mile and Streeterville.
Along the Magnificent Mile
Neighborhood
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The Magnificent Mile is the approximately one-mile-long stretch of Michigan Avenue from the Chicago River to Oak Street on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois.
Streeterville
Neighborhood
Streeterville is a neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located north of the Chicago River, it is bounded by the river on the south, the Magnificent Mile portion of Michigan Avenue on the west, and Lake Michigan on the north and east.
River North
Quarter
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River North is a Chicago neighborhood located north of the Chicago River, south of Division Street, and west of Wabash Avenue. It is adjacent to the Magnificent Mile retail and tourism corridor.
Chicago Water Tower
- Type: Tower
- Description: water tower
- Category: water tower
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Chicago Water Tower” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Torre de l ‘Aigua de Chicago”
- Catalan: “Torre de l ’Aigua de Chicago”
- Chinese: “芝加哥水塔”
- Danish: “Chicago Vandtårn”
- Dutch: “Chicago Water Tower”
- Finnish: “Chicagon vesitorni”
- French: “Chicago Water Tower”
- German: “Chicago Water Tower”
- Hebrew: “מגדל המים של שיקגו”
- Italian: “Chicago Water Tower”
- Japanese: “シカゴ・ウォーター・タワー”
- Korean: “시카고 워터 타워”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Tor de l’Aiga”
- Russian: “Chicago Water Tower”
- Russian: “Водонапорная башня Чикаго”
- Russian: “Чикагская водонапорная башня”
- Spanish: “Torre del Agua de Chicago”
- Western Panjabi: “شکاگو واٹر ٹاور”
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