Lindström’s iconic water tower grew out of the village’s public water system, approved in 1900 at a cost not to exceed $5,500, with F.N. Benson hired to dig the city well for $1,000 and Fairbanks Morse Company the low bidder for the waterworks system, while O.W. Holcomb and F.W. Abrahamson were the first to apply for city water. The village bought a public drinking fountain in 1902, set water rates in 1905, and in 1908 authorized $1,500 in bonds for a new water tower, with Fairbanks Morse Co. the low bidder at $2,490; that tower had steel legs and a wooden tank that was replaced with a steel tank in the 1940s. Over time the water system expanded, including a 1916 petition for a water main on Maple Street, a 1920 light atop the tank nicknamed the “Star of Lindström,” a 1933 fire alarm siren mounted on the tower, and fluoridation of the water in 1969. Lindström’s water quality later became notable enough that an orange juice bottling plant located there because the water needed no treatment before being mixed with concentrate from Florida, and the city’s system came to rely on two wells about 700 feet deep drawing from the Mt. Simon aquifer. In 1992 the city built a new 500,000 gallon water tower and planned to tear down the original one, but business owner Marlene Smith proposed and funded its conversion into the world’s largest Swedish coffee pot, including a handle, spout, knob, repainting, and the lettering “Välkommen till Lindström” with Swedish rösemaling. The City Council accepted her contribution, city staff prepared the basic design, and H&H Water Tower of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota completed the construction and painting for $18,650; the old tower was converted in 1993, and Plastic Products Company also pays for its repainting when needed.