Welcome to Minnesota Water Towers!  I have lived in Minnesota most of my life.  In the many years I have spent here, I have always been in awe of all the things Minnesota has to offer.  Its state parks, fishing and camping.  During my travels around this great state, I noticed something unique...Minnesota's beautiful water towers! 

And so, I started this passion project during the first year of my retirement in 2019.  During the summer months, I traveled with my wife to the many different parts of the state.  It was a lot of fun to drive to different cities and towns and find the water towers that preside there.  There are 1081 towers or reservoirs in MInnesota.  The Towers in cities with multiple towers or tanks are numbered from North to South.  I hope you enjoy the photos and facts that I have collected....of course, there will be more as new towers are built or existing towers are repainted!

All Good Things, 

A Water Tower Enthusiast

29 WATER TOWERS THAT HAVE BEEN REPAINTED

BECKER #2   (2022)

BROOKLYN PARK #1  (2020)

BROOKLYN PARK #2  (2022)

BROOKLYN PARK #3  (2023)

CHAMPLIN  (2024)

CHASKA #3  (2022)

CHISAGO CITY  (2022)

CLARA CITY  (2023)

CLEAR LAKE  (2022) 

ELK RIVER #4  (2022)

HACKENSACK  (2022)

HARRIS  (2023)

HASTINGS (2024)

HITTERDAL  (2022)

ISANTI  (2023)

LINDTSTROM #2  (2022)

MINNETONKA #2  (2023)

MOORHEAD #3  (2022)

NEWFOLDEN  (2022)

OTTERTAIL  (2022)

SAVAGE #3  (2024)

SEBEKA  (2021)

SHOREVIEW #1  (2023)

SOUTH ST. PAUL #1  (2021)

SOUTH ST. PAUL #2  (2022)

ST.  ANTHONY  VILLAGE #2  (2022)

TRUMAN  (2022)

WHITE BEAR LAKE #1  (2020)

WYOMING #2  (2019)

34 WATER TOWERS THAT HAVE BEEN DECOMMISSIONED

ARDEN HILLS #1   (2005)

BEAVER BAY #1  (1982)

BRAINERD #1  (1958)

CARVER #3  (unk)

COURTLAND #1  (2020)

DEERWOOD  (2021)

DULUTH #7, #8 & #9  (unk)

ELY 1 (unk)

FOREST LAKE #2  (2007) 

FREEPORT #1  (unk)

KELLIHER #2  (2016)

LE SUEUR #3  (2022)

LINDSTROM #1  (1992)

MINNEAPOLIS #2, #3, #4  (unk)

MINNEAPOLIS #5, #6 & #7  (unk)

NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA #2  (2010)

OGILVIE #1  (2011)

OSSEO #1  (2003)

PIPESTONE #1  (1973)

RED WING #1 (unk)

RED WING #3  (1962)

ROCHESTER #10 & #12  (2013 & unk)

SPRING GROVE #1  (2020)

ST.  PAUL #11 & #12  (unk)

VERNDALE #1  (2022)

WABASSO #1  (2010)

WACONIA #1  (2008)

10 WATER TOWERS THAT HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED

ALBERT LEA #3   (2023)

BIWABIK #2  (unk)

COURTLAND #1  (2021)

DAWSON #1  (2021)

ISLE #1  (2022)

KELLIHER #2  (2016)

MINNETONKA BEACH #1  (2021)

NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA #2  (2021) 

SPRING GROVE #1  (2020)

VERNDALE #1  (2023)

14 WATER TOWERS THAT ARE LISTED

IN THE

  National Register of 

Historic Places

BRAINERD #1

CUYUNA

DEERWOOD

EASTON

ELK RIVER #4

ELY #1

KASSON #2

MINNEAPOLIS #4 & #6

OGILVIE #1

OSSEO #2

PIPESTONE #1

RED WING #1

ST. PAUL #17

TROMMALD

The Oldest Towers in MINNESOTA

(Older than 100 years)

KASSON #2  >  1895

COMFREY  >  1906

DULUTH #12  >  1906

LINDSTROM #1  >  1908

MINNEAPOLIS #5  >  1910

CUYUNA  >  1912

WACONIA 1  >  1912

MINNEAPOLIS #4  >  1913

CANTON  >  1914

DEERWOOD  >  1914

HAMBURG 2  >  1914

DULUTH #3  >  1915

HIBBING #1  >  1915

JASPER  >  1915

OSSEO #1  >  1915

BRAINERD #1  >  1918

HAMPTON  >  1918

OGILVIE #1  >  1918

TROMMALD  >  1918

DUMONT  >  1919

WATKINS  >  1919

ELK RIVER #4  >  1920

FREEPORT #1  >  1920

NEW MUNICH  >  1920

PIPESTONE #1  >  1920

WOOD LAKE  >  1920

RED WING #1  >  1921

WEST CONCORD  >  1922

OWATONNA #5  >  1923

STEWART  >  1923

ROCHESTER #12  >  1924