RECORD
Marston Water Tower (Ames, Iowa)
- URI:
- https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/isulv/items/isun1154.html
- Preferred form:
- Marston Water Tower (Ames, Iowa)
- Alternative forms:
- Water Tower (Ames, Iowa)
- Term type:
- Authority Corporate Name
- Vocabulary:
- Iowa State University names
- Language of term:
- eng
- Start date:
- 1897
- Definition:
- Preferred form of name for use in Iowa State University Library metadata.
- Usage:
- Use this name to describe resources about the first steel water tower to be erected west of the Mississippi River. Review and assign related terms as appropriate.
- History:
- Term added to ISULV, 2025-12-19. Based on the sources cited, Metadata Services recommends this form of the name over other variants.
- Associated locations:
- Iowa--Ames
- Source:
- Marston Water Tower, ca. 1900-1910 (Marston Water Tower) https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9pz51m4g; Landscape Marker 30-01: First Water Tower, viewed on 2025-12-03 (Marston Water Tower) https://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/memorials/marker.asp?id=30-01; Water Tower, viewed on 2025-12-03 (Water Tower) https://historicexhibits.lib.iastate.edu/buildings/watertower.html
- Publisher:
- Iowa State University. Library
- Rights:
- http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/