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Arvada Water Tower

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1910. Allison St. and Reno Dr.

A metal tank atop steel beams with cross bracing, this is the town's most conspicuous landmark. Abandoned in 1975, it was painted with “Olde Town Arvada” to advertise downtown's renaissance.

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Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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Thomas J. Noel, "Arvada Water Tower", [Arvada, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-JF65.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 168-168.

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