{GHQ} Nine-Legged Big Tomato Traditional Cache
{GHQ} Nine-Legged Big Tomato
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The Water Tower is a part of the Union Water system which is located in the southeast part of Essex County. The system supplies treated water to the municipalities of Leamington, Kingsville and part of Essex and Lakeshore.
The Leamington Water Tower is a local landmark that helps to preserve a backup water supply for the communities of Leamington, Kingsville, Lakeshore, Ruthven, and Essex. The water tower, visible for kilometers in the flat southern Ontario landscape, is also in the shape and colour of a giant tomato. This is of course for the fact that Leamington is the "Tomato Capital of Canada".
The tower was built in 1958-59 and holds approximately 1,258,740 Liters (333,000 gallons) of water, which is the largest of the three local major water towers. The other two are in Kingsville and Essex, each holding 945,000 liters (250,000 gallons).
It was built as "elevated storage" to supplement the Union Water System needs for capacity as well as pressure fluctuations within the system.
The water from the tower can also be used in an emergency situation - such as a major fire or disaster that would need a massive amount of water supplied to it.
The cache location is a good spot to see the tower up-close and personal without trespassing on the property that the Water Tower sits upon.
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