The Lewisville Fighting Farmers water tower was erected in 1959, when the town had about 5,000 resid
The Lewisville Fighting Farmers water tower, an iconic fixture for the city’s residents and a familiar sight to countless motorists who travel the stretch of Interstate 35E over which the structure looms, will be torn down next week, a city official said.
When the tower was built in 1959, Lewisville’s population was 5,000 and the structure was able to deliver water to residents with ease, said James Kunke, the city’s community relations and tourism director.
Today, U.S. census estimates put Lewisville’s population at over 110,000, and the the tower is no longer up to the task, Kunke said.
“The tower is not tall enough or big enough to continue doing the job,” he said.
The tower, which is at I-35E and Main Street, wasn’t the city’s first elevated water tower, Kunke said. That honor belongs to a tower on Church Street downtown.
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