While many of us are familiar only with water towers that look like giant , featureless capsules , some folks get to gaze upon much more artistically designed piddle towers , with blueprint that would be perfect for a modern art museum , miniature golf game course , or UFO .
The House in the Clouds, built in 1923, Thorpeness, Suffolk, UK
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The Leaning Tower of Niles, in Niles, Illinois, a half-size copy of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy. It was built in 1934.
Svaneke, Denmark, designed by Jörn Utzon, 1952
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This 170-ft (52-m) high tower in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary, built in 1960, has hundreds of small (6 in or 15 cm tall) windows on its side and the overall look is like a flying saucer with a fancy transporter beam.
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Debrecen, Hungary, built in 1963
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Tonwell, Hertfordshire, UK, designed by Edmund C. Percey in 1964
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Arkley, England, by Scherer & Hicks, 1965
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The Haukilahti water tower in Finland, built in 1968, with a restaurant on the top.
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Ciechanow, Poland, a tower Jerzy Michał Bogusławski, completed in 1972
Midrand Water Tower, Johannesburg, South Africa
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The Cranhill tower in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Nagykanizsa, Hungary
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“The Blue Diamond” in Horsens, Denmark, designed by Holger K. Nielsen, 1983
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Ear of Corn Water Tower, Rochester, Minnesota
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Coffee Pot and Coffee Cup Water Tower, Stanton, Iowa
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