Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Water Tower bookend is a metal bookend, coated in bronze paint, representing in miniature the Ypsilanti Water Tower on the Eastern Michigan University campus. The Water Tower was constructed in 1889. Architect William R. Coates designed the building in order to serve as the water supply and electricity generator for the city street lamps in Ypsilanti. The Tower is 147 feet tall and can hold 250,000 gallons of...