On 7/29/2014 3:49 PM, Travis McGee wrote:
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> Giant ketchup bottle draws tourists in Illinois
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> Published Tuesday, July 29, 2014 | 7 a.m.
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> Updated 6 hours, 47 minutes ago
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> COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — For tourist Bruce Pasarow of Buena Park,
> California, leaving Illinois before seeing what's billed as the "World's
> Largest Bottle of Catsup" was not an option.
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> The Collinsville water tower is a depiction of Brooks Old Original Rich
> and Tangy Catsup, which was once produced in the buildings beneath the
> tower.
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> Now, the sign is for sale. Owner Larry Eckert is asking $500,000 for the
> 65-year-old, 170-foot-tall landmark and adjacent warehouse.
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> The 100,000-gallon tower never held ketchup. It hasn't been used since
> Brooks moved out in the 1960s.
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> Judy Demoisy helped save the bottle when it was in danger of being torn
> down in 1993. She says preservationists believe using it in a ketchup
> museum would be great.
>
> "It's a global condiment," she says.


I've been there and photographed it. Really a neat thing to see. It's
very close to St. Louis. (and, Sheldon, not near the Interstate :-))

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