Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower
Illinois, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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On the south side of Collinsville, Illinois, stands the Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower, a 70-foot-tall novelty structure mounted on a 100-foot stand that holds 100,000 gallons of water—enough capacity to theoretically contain 640,000 bottles of catsup. Built as a prime example of mid-twentieth-century novelty architecture, this roadside attraction was trademarked "The World's Largest Catsup Bottle" and serves as a distinctive regional landmark. Its combination of functional water tower and outsized advertising object earned it a listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
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- Type
- water tower, installation artwork, oversized object
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Illinois, United States
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