That’s a lot of coffee or Kaffe!
Swedish Coffee Pot - Lindstrom Minnesota.
Lindstrom’s famous downtown coffee pot water tower is located in Kaffe Kanna Park. The city’s original water tower was constructed of wood and steel, and was replaced in 1908. In 1920, a 500 candlepower light was installed on top of the tank, which could be seen as far as North Branch and Forest Lake! The light was nicknamed the “Star of Lindstrom”. A fire siren was added to the structure in 1933, and the 1908 wooden tank was replaced with a steel tank in the 1940’s.
By 1991 it was time for a larger capacity water tower. Instead of tearing the old one down, it was converted to the
coffee pot structure you see today. Marlene Smith of Plastic Products Company donated $15,000 towards the conversion. This covered almost the entire cost of the project; included adding the handle, spout and knob, repainting the structure, and
adding the hand lettering “Välkommen till Lindström” and rosemaling designs to the tower’s reservoir.
It has become a Lindström icon. When the city logo was updated, the coffee pot water tower was made a key element in the design. We look forward to enjoying this tribute to our city’s history and Swedish heritage for many years to come.
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