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Pineapple Water Tower
Honolulu, Hawaii
built 1928
The giant pineapple water tower of Honolulu provided water for the Hawaii Pineapple Co., which later became Dole Pineapple. The tank, which was painted like a pineapple with 46 steel "leaves" on the top, was 40 feet tall and held 100,000 gallons of water. The topmost part of the tower stood almost 200 feet above sea level and was also a beacon for arriving ships. The Dole pineapple cannery closed, the water tower fell into disrepair, and ultimately in 1993 it was dismantled and put into storage.
The builders Chicago Bridge and Iron became so well known for its production of the pineapple tank that over the years it went on to build other advertising water towers: the Gerber's Baby Food Jar (Rochester, NY), the Sir Walter Raleigh Tobacco Can (Louisville, KY), and a Monarch Flour Sack (Toronto). |