Ogilvie Watertower
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Ogilvie Watertower | |
 The Ogilvie Watertower from the south | |
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| Location | Anderson Street, Ogilvie, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 45°49′51.5″N 93°25′41″W / 45.830972°N 93.42806°W |
| Area | Less than one acre |
| Built | 1918 |
| Architect | Circular Concrete Company of Minneapolis |
| MPS | Kanabec County MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002087[1] |
| Designated | August 18, 1980 |
The Ogilvie Watertower is a historic water tower in Ogilvie, Minnesota, United States, built in 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for having local significance in the themes of engineering and social history.[2] It was nominated for being a rare surviving example of Minnesota's earliest reinforced concrete water towers and a symbol of the local infrastructure improvements that enabled the organization of Ogilvie's fire department.[3]
The Ogilvie Watertower is a cylinder 80 feet (24 m) tall and 21 feet 6 inches (6.55 m) in diameter. The nine-inch-thick (23 cm) concrete walls were poured in place. The water is stored in a 24-foot-2-inch-high (7.37 m), 50,000-US-gallon (190,000 L) concrete tank within the upper reaches of the tower. The structure is topped by a two-foot-high (0.61 m) parapet with crenellations that suggest a medieval fortified tower.[3]
A wood-frame garage is attached to the base of the tower on the east. Entrance to the tower is effected through double steel doors facing east. There are three 32-light windows at ground level and four more at the level of an internal wooden platform. At the 72-foot (22 m) level, a southwest-facing door once opened onto a small platform attached to the outside of the tower.[3]
