{"id":1498,"date":"2014-06-07T22:07:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T10:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grevious.buggerme.online\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2024-09-09T22:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T10:08:26","slug":"day-09-07-june-2014-leaning-tower-of-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/?p=1498","title":{"rendered":"Day 09 &#8211; 07 June 2014 &#8211; Leaning Tower of Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/grevious.buggerme.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_60-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_60-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_60-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_60-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_60-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_60-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_60-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_60-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_60-380x507.jpg 380w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_60-247x330.jpg 247w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_60-278x371.jpg 278w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_60-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This water tower lies right alongside the former path of Route 66, which has since been paved over to create US Interstate 40. During the early and mid 20th century, passersby on the Mother Road were intrigued by the severe tilt of the tower, asking themselves what on Earth could have caused it. A crashing plane? An earthquake? A giant tornado?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In reality, it was the work of a heavy-duty vehicle and a bulldozer. Ralph Britten, a man who wanted to start up a truck stop and restaurant off Route 66 in Groom, bought the water tower from the town of Lefors as an ingenious marketing technique to attract new visitors. He towed&nbsp;the enormous thing 34 miles to Groom, wrote \u201cBritten USA\u201d on top, and then, using a bulldozer, elevated two of its legs off the ground, dangling them in midair without support, so that the water tower made an 80 degree angle with the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/grevious.buggerme.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_61-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_61-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_61-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_61-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_61-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_61-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_61-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_61-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_61-380x507.jpg 380w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_61-247x330.jpg 247w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_61-278x371.jpg 278w, https:\/\/grevious.rocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Day_09_61-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">user comment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This water tower lies right alongside the former path of Route 66, which has since been paved over to create US Interstate 40. During the early and mid 20th century, passersby on the Mother Road were intrigued by the severe tilt of the tower, asking themselves what on Earth could have caused it. 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