The Washburn Park Water Tower is a landmark in the Tangle town neighborhood of south Minneapolis, Minnesota, built in 1931.
The tower is considered an unofficial "beacon" for incoming planes landing at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport; however, it is not as visible to passers-by at the base of the hill due to the large homes and tall oak trees scattered on the hillside.
The tower was one of the last projects of Harry Wild Jones, an architect known for several other Minneapolis landmarks including Butler Square and Lakewood Cemetery Chapel.
In part, he used the eagle's extraordinary dimensions (and the artistic skills of John Karl Daniels) to cast the eight concrete lookalikes which now sit atop the tower, watching over their former domain.
Instead, it is drained in the fall and filled in the spring to provide a local head for water pressure throughout south Minneapolis during the summer.