U.S. Wind, Engine and Pump Company from Batavia, Illinois to demolish the unstable water tower and rebuild it with a properly founded structure. On June 19, 1896 the company arrived to demolish the old structure and begin laying a new foundation using Portland cement. The tower had risen by July and by September the brick portion of the facade was completed at . By October 1896 the cypress water tank was installed atop the Lena Water Tower. Design The Lena Water Tower is situated on a triangular section of land in the village of Lena, Illinois, located in western Stephenson County approximately 38 miles (61 km) east of Galena, Illinois. It is wide at its base and rises to a height of . The first of the structure was constructed from limestone blocks, each block measures by . Six stone buttresses flank the first of the water tower as well. The beyond the limestone portion of the facade is faced in red brick. The limestone was quarried east of the village. Atop the brick of the current Lena Water Tower is a stainless steel tank which is held in place only by the weight of the water inside. The current tank replaced the old wooden water tank in 1984 and is painted black with "LENA" spelled out in large yellow letters across its face. The tank is tall and in diameter; it holds 50,000 gallons (189,271 L) of water and is ringed by a metal catwalk. Other structures Lena Electric Light Plant Building There is one building on the Lena Water Tower site. The Electric Light Plant Building was constructed in 1905 by the Benfield Brothers for developer W.M. Arnold and it housed the Lena Electric Light Plant. By 1920 the building had two additions; in 1912 a brick addition was added to the building's south elevation to house a steam engine and boiler, the 1920 addition was of brick and on the Electric Plant's north elevation. The hip roof is clad in asphalt shingles while the wooden soffits have been covered with aluminum, another of the alterations through the years. The original structure featured doors and windows that have since been bricked over and altered. From east to west on the original south elevation was a by doorway, four windows, a doorway, another door, and two windows. The north and west facades had two windows and the south elevation