{"id":4848,"date":"2026-10-23T09:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=4848"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T14:29:38","slug":"mistakes-were-made-during-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=4848","title":{"rendered":"Mistakes Were Made During Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Britten-Tower.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Britten-Tower-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Britten-Tower-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Britten-Tower-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Britten-Tower-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Britten-Tower.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leaning (Water) Tower of Texas, Groom, TX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Nikon Z6 II, 1\/320 sec, f\/6.3, 78mm, ISO 200<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the world famous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/the-leaning-tower-of-groom-texas\">Leaning (Water) Tower of Texas<\/a>.  Even though the tower says Britten (who built it), it is actually located in Groom TX.  The easiest way to distinguish between the two towers is that the Texas tower leans at 20 degrees, while the Pisa tower tilts 3.97 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaning Water Tower:  <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/pD7gi4b6xmKkdH6g9\">35.198401\u00b0 -101.083302\u00b0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikon Z6 II, 1\/320 sec, f\/6.3, 78mm, ISO 200 This is the world famous 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