New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-15
RRooKLYN,s NEW WATER TOWER.

improved. there will be many added attractions
N the region known az the Park Slope. where al
ready many fine homes have been puiit anu "o'e
are projected while the handsome houses Oh '"e
Montauk and the Riding and Driving CLUBS are iore-
runners Of other IKE structures FOR sociai anu
public use. 49,. ,.o,.
plans are under consideration for the improve
want and adornment OF the somewhat barren-looH-
ng drive known ~ the Eastern PARKWAY OF INC
Sackett-st boulevard. which begins at the plaza
and runs over the crown OF ocean Hhi ""'' ~
ends suddenly at the city line. IL N 10 oe eA
tended 80 as 10 link the new Ridgewood or hsh-
land Park and the Ridgewood reservoirs win
Prospect Park and the Mount Prospect reservoir
ond viii he made a handsome driveway ny using
a portion Of its great width for flowers grass pia.s
and shrubs and sites for statues inter "c '''''
OF Common " alth-ave. In Boston
Overlooking this driveway will stand the ne" Ht'F
ona Sciences Building and dominating II and all
else in the city is the Norman Gothic water tower
which looks az though II were the donjon Keep OF
ann. f.udal baron whose broad acres incluho ,he
mark and stretch from the city to the sea- "hi1e
the reservoir behind IL Is the moat that must oe
crossed to enter the fair domain. But Illusion VI
this kind is speedily dispeed by the Changing r"eS
cars which cross the driveway at the entrance 10
Tn. mark and other sigma OF modern HE IN 'eie-
rarh and te,.phone poles and wires and the
annke from the numerous factories In the distant
mart. OF Brooklyn and In New-fork, jersey 'i'
and Bayonne. while tho great Suspension or'se
over the East River and many tall structures ne'
vond give sign and token Of the mighty metropolis
OF the Western world.
From tho top OF the tower a wiie-rcach'hb VIZ"
,s commanded and no better point for surveying
the great cities and their environments can De
found The extreme height IL $40 feet above tide
water or CA feet above the top OF the bridge low
orc The tower itself Is l60 feet In height and the
foundation stands $50 feet above the level OF the
sea The structure il ~ feet In diameter ~ the
base and % feet at the top. 1t Is built or rough-
dressed dark-red granite laid In ashlar courses ana
is surmounted by tiled roof supported by columns
above a broad platform for outlook. This Is reached
by a winding staircase between the outer wall ana
the inner tank Of boiler iron ~ feet In daihe'or
and Is feet In height There 40 steps In the iron
staircase. which Is three feet wide 1t IL hsh'ed py
embrss ures In the walls There are two points ior
the view TO be Commanded from the summit The
UAndpipe will contain 10000 gallons OF water. anu
II viii give the pre- e,ded to raise the water
~ the top OF the houses on the hghest srpuho
tquate The reservoir adjoining the new water
tower supplies a isrEe part Of the resion near IT,
giving much more thsn Th water
| will form an important part OF the water system
Of the city, well ~ proving far more highly Or
iron standpipe Standing where It does. II was
deemed wise to build it n h. kee psisaG T on i b"ns
| blot upon the landscape IT might be thing OF
| beauty. . , , .,.,
form leading up to the entrance OF the tower proper
| from the Eastern Parkway. VIII not he iar IRON
$3.50 the 9risn n sat has OF ros a,u, nSr th
| Iron work in the neighborhood OF $3.50 and the
labor nearly & Is not exPec tea, ha1 ss"re
| needed In the water works Of the city for many
years TO come to meet the necessities or me rap
idly Increasing population on the higher ground In
| the city.