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"That yellow stone castle marooned in the middle of Michigan Avenue is the Chicago Water Tower, and it is the most overqualified piece of plumbing in North America. Turrets. Battlements. Little pointed towers at every corner. It looks like something you'd besiege. What it actually did was keep the water pressure steady."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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Hear the full story at Chicago Water Tower
This is just one of 14 stops on the Steel, Stone & Ego tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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