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Warner Bros. Water Tower with the Warner Bros. Discovery shield logo in 2022. The Warner Bros. Water Tower is a historic water tower located at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Built in 1927, it stands 133 feet (41 meters) tall. [1]
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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. The tank, which had a capacity of 100,000 gallons, is no longer used to hold water and has the WB shield on either side of it. It now serves as a Company icon.
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. 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, including any that showed the studio lot, whether live action or animated. 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.
Starting in 2023, Warner Bros. is celebrating 100th anniversary, the water tower has now repainted to promote 100th anniversary of the studio.
•There is also the music label called WaterTower Music, which has the Water Tower as Logo.
The Warner Bros. Water Tower in 2021, with the 2019 Warner Bros. shield logo that was used in the water tower until its change to the Warner Bros. Discovery shield in 2022, when WarnerMedia merged with Discovery to form WBD.
Ann Sarnoff and Bugs Bunny show the new watertower logo on the WB Studio Lot.
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The water tower (including the block's logo adorning the tower since 1999) and its studio backdrop were used in interstitials for Kids' WB, a children's programming block that primarily ran from 1995 to 2006 on The WB network, and later on The CW network from 2006 to 2008.
Mar 23, 2022 · Incorporating one of Southern California’s most recognizable landmarks, the WB Water Tower, the logo celebrates Warner Bros.’ unmatched legacy of a century of storytelling.
On Wednesday, Warner Bros. unveiled its special “100 Years of Storytelling” version of the classic logo, which now incorporates the studio’s iconic WB water tower.
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