Grant Water Tower

Grant Water Tower is a Michigan historical marker in Grant, Newaygo County, dedicated 2011.

Newaygo County · dedicated 2011 · 135 S. Maple Street, Grant

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Among the last of the wooden water towers in Michigan, the Grant Water Tower was built beside the depot in 1891 by the Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lakeshore Railroad. It cost $1,910 and could hold 42,648 gallons of water. Although train service ceased in 1966, the Water Tower was used well into the 1980s as a water reserve for the fire department. In 2008, after being moved 128 feet east of its original location, the cypress and pine tower was restored.

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