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The '''Perry Avenue Water Tower''', also known as the '''Perry Avenue Standpipe''', is a facility of the [[Racine Water Utility (Wisconsin)|Racine Water Utility]] in [[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]], [[Wisconsin]]. Officially located at '''1506 [[Perry Avenue (Racine, Wisconsin)|Perry Avenue]]''', the facility has served a variety of purposes for the water utility over the course of nearly a century.▼
| name = Perry Avenue Water Tower
| image = File:Perry Avenue Water Tower, 2011.JPG
| building_type = Water tower
| location = 1506 [[Perry Avenue (Racine, Wisconsin)|Perry Avenue]]<br/>[[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]], [[Wisconsin]]
| start_date = 1930
| opened_date =
| owner = [[Racine, Wisconsin|City of Racine]]
| developer = [[Racine Water Utility (Wisconsin)|Racine Water Utility]]
}}
▲The '''Perry Avenue Water Tower''', also known as the '''Perry Avenue Standpipe''', is a facility of the [[Racine Water Utility (Wisconsin)|Racine Water Utility]] in [[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]], [[Wisconsin]]. Officially located at '''1506 [[Perry Avenue (Racine, Wisconsin)|Perry Avenue]]''', the facility has
==History==
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In 1977, surplus land north of the site owned by the water utility was sold to the [[Reilly Joseph Company]] of [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]], which developed the [[Washington Court Apartments (Racine, Wisconsin)|Washington Court Apartments]] on the site.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44284202/the_journal_times/ "Land sale ok'd for elderly's housing"], [[Racine Journal Times]], September 21, 1977, page 4A.</ref>
In 1999, the city council granted [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_One Cellular One, Inc.] permission to place cell phone antennas on top of the standpipe tank.<ref>Buttweiler, Joe. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44335524/the_journal_times/ "BUS to survey riders, prospects"], [[Racine Journal Times]], March 3, 1999, page 1C.</ref> On the morning of September 24, 2006, the standpipe tank was overpressurized and nearly overflowed, causing a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_hammer water hammer] that resulted in eight water main breaks. The employee who was operating the tank at the time had been operating the Coolidge Avenue tank in December 2005 when a similar incident occurred, so he was fired for a second incidence of negligence. His union, [[AFSCME Local 63 (Wisconsin)|AFSCME Local 63]], appealed the firing, arguing that the Racine Water Utility had ignored faulty equipment and employee training issues that led to the accident, but an arbitrator found in favor of the utility.<ref>[werc.wi.gov/grievance_awards/7216.pdf "In the Matter of the Arbitration of a Dispute Between Racine Waterworks Commission and AFSCME Local 63"], [[Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission]], November 14, 2007.</ref>
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