The Cuthbert Water Tank is located in the middle of US Highway 82. When it was erected in 1895, the roadway was south of the tank. The streets of Cuthbert were paved in the 1930s and the east entrance to the square was moved. The city did not have the funds to relocate the water tank, so the national highway just went around it. It is said to be the only water tank located in the middle of a federal highway in the United States. The tank was built by Walsh & Weidner, Chattanooga, Tennessee. M.F. Sullivan was the engineer and Felton & Lytte were the contractors. R.L. Moye was mayor and councilmen we J.E. Douglas, D.M. Jacobs, R.E. Toombs, J.H. Sealy, and A. Jones. the bottom fell out of the tank when the cyclone hit Cuthbert in 1909, and graves were washed up in the Rosedale Cemetery in the resulting flood. No longer used as a water tank, the tower serves as a beacon the Cuthbert.