The Historian · Nora · Chicago
Chicago Water Tower
Everything around it burned. This one Gothic tower stood, and the city made it the symbol of survival.
The 1869 limestone tower that survived the Great Fire of 1871 — the fire's most famous lone downtown survivor.
— Nora, The Historian
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