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    Though it looks like a lighthouse, this tower was actually a water-pumping structure that served to irrigate the vineyards of John Huntington's 100 acre estate. A brick pump-house is located below the tower, which is speculated to have been run on steam power.
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    The Huntington Water Tower, a well-known landmark, was used to store water pumped from the lake below to irrigate John Huntington’s orchard and vineyard.
     
    John Huntington built the water tower to house a large storage tank so he could pump water from Lake Erie and store it in the tank to provide water for his property. He wanted it to look pleasing so he designed it to look like a lighthouse.  It was never used as a lighthouse but Mr. Huntington did install stairs that led to the top so he could watch the lake for his freighters hauling stone in and out of the Cleveland harbor.
     

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