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The male water tower in Calumet City. Mrs. Smiley visible in background.

Smiley Face Water Towers

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Calumet City, Illinois

Calumet City boasts of its TWO Smiley Face water towers -- "Mr. & Mrs. Smiley." The town also claims they erected the earliest of the Smiley Water Towers, in 1973.

Bumper stickers say:"Home of the Smiling Water Towers."

Also see: Face That Launched a Thousand Sips | List: Smiley Water Towers

Smiley Face Water Towers

Address:
I-94, Calumet City, IL
Directions:
Visible to the north from I-94. Probably near Hwy 83 and Pulaski Rd.
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