The Marvels of Masonite Tempered Presdwood in Minneapolis
1935 print ad for Masonite Tempered Presdwood for concrete forms featuring the Washburn Park Water Tower
The Washburn Park Water Tower was designed in 1930 by Harry Wild Jones. Towering 110-feet above the highest point in Tangletown, the structure holds 1.35 million gallons of water and still performs its original function in the summer months. The 16 foot “Guardians of Health” sculptures ringing the tower were created by John K. Daniels, a well known local artisan, who also designed the milling figures on the Washburn Flour Mills Utility Building. A consulting engineer, William S. Hewitt, was the inventor of the Hewitt System of reinforced concrete construction. The Washburn Park Water Tower is one of only eleven water towers in Minnesota listed in the National Register of Historic Places
