St. Louis, Missouri: The Red Tower
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- Address:
- Bissell St., St. Louis, MO
- Directions:
- North side of the city, at the corner of Bissell St. and Blair Ave. I-70 exit 247. Drive southwest on Grand Ave. for one block. Turn left onto Blair Ave. and drive two blocks; the Tower will be straight ahead.
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One of only seven surviving brick water towers in the U.S. (another is only three blocks away). Formerly there were 500. Basically a giant vertical pipe with a medieval-looking exterior. Built in 1886.
Roadsideamerica.com Report... [06/04/2012]Visitor Tips and News About The Red Tower
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The Red Tower stands only a few blocks from The White Tower. Both are on the north side of the city, near the corner of Bissell St. and Blair Ave. The photo opportunity is a quick one, as there are not a lot of areas to park off of the circle that The Red Tower stands in.
[Chris Harmon, 09/22/2013]The Red Tower... Caution of time of day you enter, the neighborhood is not friendly.
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We visited the Red and White Towers in 2012. The Red Tower actually seemed easier to visit than its White companion; less traffic. We struck up a conversation with one of its neighbors, who said that people stop by to snap pictures of The Red Tower all the time.