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NEW YORK

            New York City’s skyline is dotted with wooden water towers that are easy to mistake for vanishing relics of the bygone eras of seltzer bottles and street gas lamps.
But what many New Yorkers don’t realize is the towers are hardly antiques — in fact, most drink and bathe from the water stored in them every day.
Most buildings in the city taller than six stories need some sort of water tower and pumping system to provide water pressure to tenants.
So why do people think wood water towers are relics of the past?
Because they look as though they are.
While many are more than 30 years old, even new ones look old because they are made of wood that isn’t painted or chemically treated (so as not to taint drinking water).
Though the technology has become more efficient, the concept of gravity delivering water from a wood tank hasn’t changed in decades.
   

Taken on: December 4, 2015

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FS35, f/4.8, 1/400 sec, 18.3mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-FS35
Aperture:	f/4.8
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	18.3mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Landscape
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.1.0
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