This historic water tower has several tiny jail cells built into its base, creating the unusual combination of municipal water infrastructure and lockup. Local stories also claim the cells were later used as emergency lodging for stranded travelers, although that part of the history is less certain.
Filed under roadside oddities: giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.
Something wrong with this entry?
Source: scpictureproject.org/colleton-county/walterboro-water-tower.html