When you look across the New York City skyline, you might notice the thousands of wooden water towers that line the tops of the buildings. Cheddar Explains why there are so many water tanks and why they are still wooden.

Further reading:

NYC.gov
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycwater/html...

Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...

NYTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/26/re...

WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-maes...

Special thanks to Henry Rosenwach
https://www.rosenwachtank.com/

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