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The Swedish Coffee Pot in Kingsburg, California, is a 122-foot water tower remodelled in 1985 to resemble a coffee pot. ABC30 reported in 2023 that it holds 60,000 gallons and is lit at night; per ABC30, it stands behind the fire station in the downtown park.
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Kingsburg Swedish coffee pot water tower
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Site-level location · 36.5136° N, 119.5560° W
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Kingsburg's water tower is dressed as a Swedish coffee pot. ABC30 reported in June 2023 that the tower was first built in 1911 and that in 1985 the town remodelled it to resemble a coffee pot as a tribute to its founders. The station gives its height as 122 feet and its capacity as 60,000 gallons, enough to fill more than a million coffee cups, and says it is lit up at night. ABC30 placed it behind the fire station in the downtown park.
That report also said the World Record Academy credits Kingsburg with the world's largest Swedish coffee pot; the claim is the Academy's as relayed by ABC30.
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A tall water tower shaped like a coffee pot. ABC30 said in 2023 that it is lit up at night and placed it behind the fire station in the downtown park; FOX26 reported a repaint in April 2026.
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ABC30 described it in 2023 as sitting behind the fire station in the downtown park; FOX26 showed it in April 2026.
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