This very unique water tower/standpipe is located on a hill top above Mansfield Dam, overlooking Lake Travis. I think it is sitting atop of McCormick Mt.

Besides being a good looking specimen, it is special to me in another way. My company had the contract to build this structure in about 1986 or 1987. We hired a tank builder to actually construct the welded tank, while we performed all the associated work.

It would have looked more like the last picture when we completed it (blue plain tank).

One day, several years ago, I was driving down Highway 620 and looked over to see the transformation it had taken on. The top section was added with the paint made to look like a lighthouse.