Kamis 24 Jul 2014 13:30 WIB

Giant ketchup bottle up for sale in southern Illinois

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CHICAGO - Want a giant historic order of fries with that? A water tower shaped like a 170-foot-tall ketchup bottle was for sale in southern Illinois, along with an adjacent warehouse, an owner said on Wednesday. Fans fear the 65-year-old landmark, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, might be in peril if a sympathetic buyer isn't found.

Bethel-Eckert Enterprises used the Collinsville warehouse for a food distribution business but is now selling the property along Route 159 for 500,000 USD, said co-owner Larry Eckert.

The red-and-white tower was built in 1949 for the bottlers of Brooks ketchup, according to catsupbottle.com, the website of the World's Largest Catsup Bottle fan club. The red-and-white tower was restored in 1995 with funds from volunteers, Eckert said.

Eckert, who has not had any offers yet, hopes a buyer will preserve the bottle. But not every Illinois historic landmark had been saved, Mike Gassmann said. Gassmann calls himself the "Big Tomato" and helps run the club.

"I don't even like to think about that," Gassmann said in an interview with the St. Louis Fox television affiliate.

sumber : Reuters
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