Warner Bros. Water Tower

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Warner Bros. Water Tower

The Warner Bros. Water Tower is a historic water tower located at the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California. Built in 1927, it stands 133 feet (40.5 meters) tall.[1] The tank, which has a capacity of 100,000 gallons, is no longer used to hold water and has the WB shield on either side of it.[2] It now serves as a company icon.

History and usage in media[]

The tower was previously located next to the Warner Bros. Fire Department, and was moved following the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, when the Warners realized that if the tower fell onto the Fire Department, it would disrupt emergency assistance.[2] Towers such as these were a common feature of Hollywood studios of the era, as they provided an emergency water supply in case of fire. Similar towers can be found at the Walt Disney, Paramount and Sony Pictures Studios (formerly MGM) lots.

The tower has appeared in a number of productions of the company. For instance, it serves as the home for Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner from the Warner Bros. animated series, Animaniacs, starting in-universe from the 1930s until their escape in the 1990s, with them moving back into the tower in the 2020 revival. The water tower and its studio backdrop were used in interstitials for Kids' WB, a children's programming block that primarily ran from 1995–2006 on The WB network, and later on The CW network from 2006–2008. The tower is also the basis for the name and logo of the company's record label, WaterTower Music.

An inspired version has been built in 2018 at the front entrance of the Warner Bros. World theme park in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Occasionally, the water tower has been repainted to promote the 90th anniversary of the studio, the release of The Lego Batman Movie, and the launch of HBO Max.

Starting with the HBO Max original film, Locked Down, the revamped water tower is featured in the current Warner Bros. Pictures Group opening which is the focal point of the studio lot portion (now rendered in photorealistic CGI) of the sequence. The entire opening sequence was rendered as CGI by Devastudios to show the studio lot at magic hour, with the sun rising over the Cahuenga Pass to the south. In real life, the sun rises in the east, over the Forest Lawn cemetery and the Walt Disney Studios.

Gallery[]

  • Gate 4 Warner Bros. Studios.jpg
  • Warner Bros studios Burbank -water tower.jpg
  • Water tower WB (2).jpg
  • Warner Bros. Studios Water Tower 2020.jpg

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (November 13, 2019). "Warner Bros Refreshes Logo As Studio's 2023 Centennial Approaches". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  2. ^ a b Hamedy, Saba (October 20, 2015). "Warner Bros. Iconic Water Tower Gets Superhero Makeover". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-04-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Coordinates: 34°09′02″N 118°20′19″W / 34.15050°N 118.33863°W / 34.15050; -118.33863

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