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Brainerd Water Tower
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Brainerd, Minnesota
Coordinates	46°21′29.99″N 94°11′59.03″W / 46.3583306°N 94.1997306°W / 46.3583306; -94.1997306
Built	1918
Architect	L. P. Wolff
NRHP reference No.	74001014
Added to NRHP	July 17, 1974

The Brainerd Water Tower is located at Sixth and Washington in Brainerd in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Built in 1918, it was the first all-concrete elevated tank used by a municipality in the United States; even though it was replaced in 1960, it remains standing as an icon of the town. It is referred to as "Paul Bunyan's Cup" or "Paul Bunyan's Flashlight" by local residents. The similar Pipestone Water Tower, also made of concrete, located in Pipestone, Minnesota, is the only other water tower in the United States known to have been designed by the architect L.P. Wolff.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "Water Towers Serve as Identifiers, Reminders, Landmarks". Waterline. Minnesota Department of Health. Summer 1997. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2008.
3. Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
4. "Pipestone Water Tower-- National Register of Historic Places Pipestone, Minnesota Travel Itinerary". National Park Service. Retrieved September 30, 2011.

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