Old water tower near Pacific, Osage in Independence to come down “If this tower was structurally sound, even slightly, that would not have happened,” Polacheck said. It took several days for ...

Crews had intended for the water tower, built in 1913 at 524 S. Osage St., to fall into an open plot of grass to the north, but the first attempt failed. Crews then attempted to bring it down by ...