Tower-one word essay

We were given an assignment to write an essay, two to three paragraphs, about one word.  The word that I chose was tower.

TOWER

A tower is tall such as a sky scraper.  A tower can be as high as the clouds.  towers are as stable as mountains.  Towers are made up of rocks, boulders and steel.  Towers are history made to last for ever.  Towers are strong and invincible.  Towers are formidable and big.  Towers are made to be everlasting.  Towers are dangerous and are not meant to be climbed.  Webster describes a tower as " a high slender building or structure" "Rise, aloft, stand high".

Historically, towers are giant stone/brick structures.  They are typically pointed.  They represent defensiveness or blocking of something.  There are different types of towers. One can be so tall that they tower over another person.  They can be found on castles an other medieval structures.  Many land marks in modern structures are towers such as the Leaning Tower of Pizza, the Eiffel Tower in France and even the Empire state building in New York is a tower.  Typically they are tall and thin but, they don't have to be.

In Ypsilanti, there is this one stone and brick structure that rises high above the city known as the water tower.  It was built back in the 1800's as a reservoir for the cities water supply.  It is now a historical land mark ;and can be seen from any point in the city.

Businesses have been named after this structure such as the tower inn bar and grill, the tower market.  I grew up in close proximity to this structure and I saw it every day.  When ever I was out side of the city and was coming home.  I always new that I was close when I could see the top of this structure day or night.  The top of this tower is aluminated at night and can be seen for miles.