After being "flooded with calls" about the water tower's supposed orange spirit, the city of Calera, about 60 miles east of Tuscaloosa, posted on Facebook to clarify the color scheme's meaning.

Work to demolish a water tower in Independence hit a snag Tuesday morning when a cable snapped, leaving the old tower ...

Local history buffs are working to preserve some of the tower’s steel, which come from manufacturers that got their start in the 1800s.