FRUITPORT TOWNSHIP — The highly visible water tower with the smiley face — a landmark in Fruitport Township for 35 years — will retain its yellow color despite a push for blue.View full ...

Gershman successfully proposed painting smiley faces on the Purpur tower as a nod to supporters, which happened this summer, and said people have generally been pleased with the compromise.

The smiley-faced water tower in Freeport, Minn., has been a landmark on Interstate 94 for nearly 50 years. ... Built near­ly 100 years ago, the tower first got its face in the early 1970s, ...

Adair's water tower undoubtedly sports Iowa's most visible, famous smile. ... The smiley face likely is the most common type of novelty water tower. I found nearly 30 examples.

While the 500,000-gallon water tower dates to 1967, its smiley face was added in 1982 by longtime Commissioner and former Mayor Howard Kupperman.

Calumet City’s Mr. Smiley water tower peers over a shopping area last summer. It’s one of two personable water towers in the city that were painted with faces in 1973.