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mipro BSP Ypsilanti Water Tower  1.0

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Introduction --

The Ypsilanti Water Tower was designed by William R. Coats and stands 147 ft (45 m) above Ypsilanti, Michigan. Erected in 1890, the water tower was, until 1956, the main source of water for the city. In 1974, the structure was declared an American Water Landmark, and two years later was completely restored. Even in its old age, the water tower is still fully functional.

This is a faithful re-creation of the actual building (reference), the only exception being the lots, since the actual structure stands on an irregular piece of land.

(Psst... keep an eye on the tower during the holiday season in-game!)

For SimCity 4, the building has been adapted in two versions to give you the widest possible choice, depending on your individual taste. It is up to you whether you wish to use just one or both lots. There are no conflicts or other limitations that would prevent you from doing so.

In total, the following versions are available:

+ Landmark
+ Water Utility 

Note: The landmark lot will appear in your landmarks menu, while the water utility lot will appear in your water utilities menu.

At a Glance --

Both lots are 2x2, here are some other details:

Version Mo. Cost Plop Cost Misc. Info
Landmark §100 §1,500 LM Effect 10,5
Water Utility §350 §1,500 20,000 cu m/Month


Complete details can be found in the readme.

Dependencies --

Props: Seasonal roof prop, included in the .dat file.

Textures: None!

Installation --

First of all, it is recommended that you unzip the entire contents of this ZIP into some archive folder where you keep all building versions, readme, and screenshots, and maybe even back it up onto a CD or an external HD together with your other SC4 stuff. This way, if you need to clean your HD and reinstall your OS, you can simply copy the stuff from your backup archive into your plugins folder instead of having to download all plugins anew.

That said, in order to use this building in the game, I suggest you first go to your plugins folder and make a sub-folder for this download.
Then, simply copy the .dat file (which contains the building model and the seasonal prop) plus the lot file(s) of whichever version(s) you would like to use into the newly created sub-folder.

Of course, you can also choose the opposite approach, i.e. unzip everything into your plugins folder and simply delete or move out all versions you don't want to use.

Remember that the screenshots and this readme are not needed by the game, but it is a good idea to store them somewhere.

To uninstall a version you don't like, fir

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it's nice but moving it it's a hard problem it creats duplication.... try placing the folder on desktop and moving it too plug inn ??

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Why does the word "erected" cause me to grin in context with this building? :P Gonna check it out ASAP!

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..........Where did you get the inspiration to do this ugly water tower? I notice the texturing is some of the best, but this does not go in well with what I have.

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Hmm, I wish I hadn't read Twrecks comment before making my own. Now I can't think of anything that doesn't have a double meaning. ;-) Nice job!

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Its gorgeous I want to live there...make my wizard's tower and cut out some windows.

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Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! I wanted this for years and was thinking I would never see it. Well it was worth the wait! Simply excellent!

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I live in WestMI, not Ypsi, but even over here I've often heard this tower referred to under various names regarding what T Wrecks alluded to. =p Apparently its a big never-ending joke amongst schoolkids in Ypsi, and now I can bring that into my cities, haha.
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Beautiful job :D, i saw this building on wikipedia a few weeks ago, i thought this would be a nice addition to the game. the water tower was declared the most phallic structure in America LOL 10/10 great texturing btw, hope to see more :)

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Ahhh yes I always Give Directions According to the Whereabouts of the Big P.... errr um Phallic Tower I love this one nofunk great Landmark in a small town outside of Detroit with alot of Civil War Era History( I used to work in teh Old Civil War Barracks Located just down River from the Tower)

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