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McNear: Mendocino’s low water table birthed the town’s iconic water towers
BUILT IN THE LATE nineteenth century to supply water to Mendocino’s residents, water towers have become an iconic image in Mendocino’s skyline. At the height of their use, there were more than 100 water towers in Mendocino, giving the village the nickname “The Town of Water Towers.” Water towers were not an uncommon sight across […] The post McNear: Mendocino’s low water table birthed the town’s iconic water towers appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, McNear: Mendocino’s low water table birthed the town’s iconic water towers, BUILT IN THE LATE nineteenth century to supply water to Mendocino’s residents, water towers have become an iconic image in Mendocino’s skyline. At the height of their use, there were more than 100 water towers in Mendocino, giving the village the nickname “The Town of Water Towers.” Water towers were not an uncommon sight across […] The post McNear: Mendocino’s low water table birthed the town’s iconic water towers appeared first on Local News Matters .
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