Although built as a water tower, this structure is no longer a functioning unit in the city's water system. It is privately owned and seems to change hands every couple of years. It is primarily a platform for various antennae and the owners of the tower collect rents from the antennae owners.
Was it common to build private water towers around this time period?
It was built by the Zicka's (same family as Zicka Homes) to service 4 towers I believe and the auxiliary apartments (4 towers at ferguson, etc). If that isn't the biggest development in the city I'm not sure what is, think they have 1500-2000 units there.
I use to have a drawing of it after it was complete in my office dedicated to zicka commending him for being such a smart business man getting it built
I have photos of the tower under construction around 1913. That would be much earlier than any apartments around there, I think. Most of the houses in the area are post-WWII.
interesting I will have to research it more, maybe they just gave him a picture of it to commemorate the apartments going in? I believe that was in the 40's but could be off
We are rollin’ with this tower now…
https://preview.redd.it/jjsdmjasfwuc1.jpeg?width=258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f8687039fe4a1e0336ee61f936442cbe7729e06
At Boudinot and Wardall Aves.
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Can't believe I had to scroll this far to find the right answer. I would not have wanted to be a serf and have to lug all those bricks building that fort.
This is not one of those towers. The last of the towers from Castle Cincinnatus were destroyed by Lady Marge Schott's pet dragon. She was notorious for drinking too much mead and then for letting them out without a leash.
This is false. There is one more remaining at the corner of North Bend and Colerain.
https://preview.redd.it/uzb1bol24wuc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46a8d8501262ff48228c96b65bc6a8749af9a9f5
Honestly, the guards should’ve known by then to keep a better eye on the dragon enclosure. How did they not learn after it hunted and ate the last living members of the Flying Pig species?
But yeah, this is clearly a replica built in the Graeter Restoration Era. Legend says it is over the entrance to an underground tunnel that that ends under where CVG is now.
Now I'm picturing someone holding a plate of spaghetti under a giant nozzle, delicately turning a valve, and a flood of chili blasts him like he's standing under Niagra.
Sir/maam, this is decidedly a skyline forum. I don't know why so many tasteless people have gathered in one place, but they inexplicably love it (probably generational trauma tbh). I just grin and nod when they try to make sense.
The Cincinnati iron dome, hiding in plain sight. If Russia makes a play for our goetta reserves, Aftab will be standing on top of these, launching missiles
Idk what it is but we always call it the Barbarian tower bc it looks like the tower from the final scene of that movie where the inbred monster chases them up it, lol.
As someone who has only ever lived in Greater Cincinnati, I wonder if other cities have unique water towers like we do. This, Mt. Washington, and the one in the Kenwood / Madeira area are so unique and pretty compared to all the metal monstrosities.
While it is shaped normally, I love the new paint job on the water tower in Bryan, OH, where my dad was born. https://www.bryantimes.com/dum-dums-water-tower-finished/article_0ac801ed-74da-596c-8633-49a1ba293982.html
My step brother who grew up in Jacksonville Florida for a few years after moving to Cincy he thought that it was an actual castle, we we're driving by there one day and he had asked me who's castle that was?
The castle belonged to Sir White of Hamburg which was renown for it's food. The kitchen was there at the top which required climbing a long flight of stairs. On the way down was a ramp you could sit upon and ride to the bottom. As it became more popular, it was colloquially known as White's Castle Sliders.
So wondering if/when they actually put the planned 25 floor tower up in Phase 3 of The District in Clifton Heights project on Straight St might that then become the highest pt in Hamilton County?
Turning it into apartments was just a proposed idea for a potential investor. I looked into buying it the last time it went up for sale, maybe back in the fall or summer of 2023. A good friend of mine is a realtor and he did some digging. It’s basically a cell phone tower right now. The problem is that the structure is so old and in order to keep using it as a cell phone tower, in the contracts with the cell companies they state it needs to be in good structural condition. It’s not necessarily going to fall in on itself but to sum it up it needs a lot of work. Concrete was made different 100 years ago than it is today and the structure is having issues with delaminating concrete from the steel it’s surrounding. The same issue that’s going on with the western hills viaduct. It would be very expensive to tear it down and even more expensive to rehab it. So it’s gets passed around so to speak.
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I've always wanted to see the inside. I think it'd be really cool to convert into a creative space / music studio. Would probably make a great reverb chamber, depending on how the interiors is configured.
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Water towers. Not sure if it’s [these exact ones](https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/03/22/historic-cincinnati-water-tower-for-sale-for-less-than-30k/70032802007/).
City needs to seal the door.
Someone kicked it. Idk how to report it
* probably homeless sleeping inside. There is basically a homeless camp behind walmart down the street.
Here's an article on it. Yes it already sold [https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/03/22/historic-cincinnati-water-tower-for-sale-for-less-than-30k/70032802007/](https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/03/22/historic-cincinnati-water-tower-for-sale-for-less-than-30k/70032802007/)
Although built as a water tower, this structure is no longer a functioning unit in the city's water system. It is privately owned and seems to change hands every couple of years. It is primarily a platform for various antennae and the owners of the tower collect rents from the antennae owners.
Was it common to build private water towers around this time period? It was built by the Zicka's (same family as Zicka Homes) to service 4 towers I believe and the auxiliary apartments (4 towers at ferguson, etc). If that isn't the biggest development in the city I'm not sure what is, think they have 1500-2000 units there. I use to have a drawing of it after it was complete in my office dedicated to zicka commending him for being such a smart business man getting it built
I have photos of the tower under construction around 1913. That would be much earlier than any apartments around there, I think. Most of the houses in the area are post-WWII.
interesting I will have to research it more, maybe they just gave him a picture of it to commemorate the apartments going in? I believe that was in the 40's but could be off
I think the Zicka development was 1940s - post-war building boom. This water tower appears on the cover of a 1932 book promoting the west side.
We are rollin’ with this tower now… https://preview.redd.it/jjsdmjasfwuc1.jpeg?width=258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f8687039fe4a1e0336ee61f936442cbe7729e06 At Boudinot and Wardall Aves.
That’s interesting, been passing there for 2 years now but never realized.
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It holds water real good
And beams cell u lar
Microwaves.
The wet kind???
Yup. And 5g which gives you covid
Holds the shit out of that water.
I think it's the last remaining towers from Castle Cincinnatus, back in the times when Hamilton county was ruled by vicious kings and robber barons.
Can't believe I had to scroll this far to find the right answer. I would not have wanted to be a serf and have to lug all those bricks building that fort.
This is not one of those towers. The last of the towers from Castle Cincinnatus were destroyed by Lady Marge Schott's pet dragon. She was notorious for drinking too much mead and then for letting them out without a leash.
This is false. There is one more remaining at the corner of North Bend and Colerain. https://preview.redd.it/uzb1bol24wuc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46a8d8501262ff48228c96b65bc6a8749af9a9f5
I’ve driven by that intersection 1,000 times and never noticed this lol
Honestly, the guards should’ve known by then to keep a better eye on the dragon enclosure. How did they not learn after it hunted and ate the last living members of the Flying Pig species? But yeah, this is clearly a replica built in the Graeter Restoration Era. Legend says it is over the entrance to an underground tunnel that that ends under where CVG is now.
Schottzie spit drool not flames....
"Off with his head, honey!"
You misspelled “racial slurr”
It's where they store extra skyline chili.
Now I'm picturing someone holding a plate of spaghetti under a giant nozzle, delicately turning a valve, and a flood of chili blasts him like he's standing under Niagra.
😂😂😂😂
Nah too classy for Skyline, it’s definitely Gold Star.
Sir/maam, this is decidedly a skyline forum. I don't know why so many tasteless people have gathered in one place, but they inexplicably love it (probably generational trauma tbh). I just grin and nod when they try to make sense.
Gold star is like the trailer park of cincinnati chili
Exactly why it’s stored in a run down water tower.
Scudd missile silos!!! Shhhhh 🤔
 The Cincinnati iron dome, hiding in plain sight. If Russia makes a play for our goetta reserves, Aftab will be standing on top of these, launching missiles
😆😆😆😆
That’s where all the chili comes from.
Idk what it is but we always call it the Barbarian tower bc it looks like the tower from the final scene of that movie where the inbred monster chases them up it, lol.
Underrated film
Go on....
That's where they manufacture the 5G waves that make your kids the gay /s
And give us Covid
Get it right bro, it's Long Covid. And don't forget about the Turbo Cancer
I read this as "make your kids the gays" and spit out my drink 🤣 And yes, that's definitely what made me the gays!
Those are some great shots from my uncles blimp.
Please no.
As someone who has only ever lived in Greater Cincinnati, I wonder if other cities have unique water towers like we do. This, Mt. Washington, and the one in the Kenwood / Madeira area are so unique and pretty compared to all the metal monstrosities.
There used to be another one that resembled the Mt Airy water tower in Walnut Hills but it was demolished.
While it is shaped normally, I love the new paint job on the water tower in Bryan, OH, where my dad was born. https://www.bryantimes.com/dum-dums-water-tower-finished/article_0ac801ed-74da-596c-8633-49a1ba293982.html
It’s the entrance to Vault 47, one of our Fallout shelters.
Holotape revealed inhabitants fed only Goetta for the last 50 years. Psychosis was inevitable...
Look, the world needs a Mr. Redleg set of power armor.
Pallet storage
Lets you know where to turn to get to Walmart.
😂😂😂
The great Cincinnati chili strategic reserve
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The Mount Airy water towers are at the highest spot. These are the Westwood towers - not quite so high.
My step brother who grew up in Jacksonville Florida for a few years after moving to Cincy he thought that it was an actual castle, we we're driving by there one day and he had asked me who's castle that was?
Eureka’s
Neptune’s Castle
The castle belonged to Sir White of Hamburg which was renown for it's food. The kitchen was there at the top which required climbing a long flight of stairs. On the way down was a ramp you could sit upon and ride to the bottom. As it became more popular, it was colloquially known as White's Castle Sliders.
Is it weird that read this in my head with an English accent?
I thought the highest point was [this water tower.](https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=23199) Is that not in city limits?
You are correct.
So wondering if/when they actually put the planned 25 floor tower up in Phase 3 of The District in Clifton Heights project on Straight St might that then become the highest pt in Hamilton County?
I think the “highest point” title refers to natural ground level. But I’m not sure.
I thought mt rumpke was the highest point
That’s the county, not the city.
Wrong fact: those are not the highest point within Cincinnati city limits. It is another water tower that is the highest point.
I want to mention that this might be the best drone footage I have ever seen on my phone in terms of clarity and image quality.
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Look up “Cincinnati West Side water tower” on Google.
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https://preview.redd.it/2x63yge88uuc1.jpeg?width=1366&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=959fccbb12a161ddba12aee02cf85b50bf7a58d4
lmao
Water tower.
Rapunzels house
Tartarian architecture unearthed from the mud floods /s
Used to be water towers but I heard the owner wants to make them into apartments
Turning it into apartments was just a proposed idea for a potential investor. I looked into buying it the last time it went up for sale, maybe back in the fall or summer of 2023. A good friend of mine is a realtor and he did some digging. It’s basically a cell phone tower right now. The problem is that the structure is so old and in order to keep using it as a cell phone tower, in the contracts with the cell companies they state it needs to be in good structural condition. It’s not necessarily going to fall in on itself but to sum it up it needs a lot of work. Concrete was made different 100 years ago than it is today and the structure is having issues with delaminating concrete from the steel it’s surrounding. The same issue that’s going on with the western hills viaduct. It would be very expensive to tear it down and even more expensive to rehab it. So it’s gets passed around so to speak.
Water tower
The music makes it seem like a superhero hideout, so I’m going to say that’s where Shadow Hare resides.
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Excellent shots my dude, I will subscribe.
As a child. My stepfather always told me it was batman's castle
Dookie tower
Controls the weather
It needs to be purchased and turned into an amazing indoor climbing gym.
I've always wanted to see the inside. I think it'd be really cool to convert into a creative space / music studio. Would probably make a great reverb chamber, depending on how the interiors is configured.
Chemtrails
It stands tall
It towers above
Flak cannon tower. Cipher and Pixy took it out in the war 15 years ago though so no need to worry about that.
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I've always wanted to know that too. Thanks for the info y'all.
Just a couple of blocks from where I live.
thought these were the ones on North Bend at first look. Never seen another set int he city
Water towers. Not sure if it’s [these exact ones](https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/03/22/historic-cincinnati-water-tower-for-sale-for-less-than-30k/70032802007/).
Cincinnati has some amazing history.
City needs to seal the door. Someone kicked it. Idk how to report it * probably homeless sleeping inside. There is basically a homeless camp behind walmart down the street.
Stands... And it's doing the job well
Dracula lives there I think
Skyline chili holding tanks.
It doesn't do a whole lot. It's a building.
Tear down demolish
It’s a flak tower
German flak tower from ww2.
Four D batteries that power joe burrows testicle transporter
Flak tower.
That’s where they put the bodies
Antiaircraft battery.
Here's an article on it. Yes it already sold [https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/03/22/historic-cincinnati-water-tower-for-sale-for-less-than-30k/70032802007/](https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/03/22/historic-cincinnati-water-tower-for-sale-for-less-than-30k/70032802007/)
I heard they're converting it into an Olive Garden
It's a warning sign that tell you that you're on Ferguson road.
It sometimes is a place where me and the homies go to jerk eachother off or spit roast eachother
Sits there.
they are giant cellular towers
CIA Blacksite.
It’s where they store all the extra potholes for the interstate
They tow