Favorite this☆ Water tower at Detroit Water Works Description: Yellow mount. Round water tower of Detroit Water Works, foreground appears to be a shipyard. Written on card back: "Old round house on water tower of Water Works, 1865. Built 1838. Torn down in 1866. Located foot of Orleans St." Details Resource ID: EB02h062 Subject: Water towers--Michigan--Detroit Waterworks--Michigan--Detroit Stereographs Date Issued: 1865 Format: 1 photoprint on stereocard ; 3.25 x 7.75 in. Member of: Burton Historical Collection Filing Location: D/Waterworks-Roundhouse Rights: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.