The World's Largest Catsup Bottle is the Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower, a 170-foot landmark beside Illinois Route 159 in Collinsville, Illinois.
- Location: 800 South Morrison Avenue, just south of downtown Collinsville.
- What it is: A water tower with a 70-foot steel bottle mounted on 100-foot legs.
- Admission and viewing hours: open 24 hours
- Adjacent store: Its hours are given as 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., but that does not confirm a regular weekly schedule.
Where the World's Largest Catsup Bottle is
The landmark stands at 800 South Morrison Avenue in Collinsville, beside Illinois Route 159 and just south of downtown. It is in Collinsville, not Caseyville. The official directions place it about 5 miles south of I-55/70 and about 5 miles north of I-64.
Known formally as the Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower, it was built in 1949 by Caldwell Tanks for the G.S. Suppiger catsup plant, which bottled Brooks catsup. Collinsville’s visitor-information site describes it as a roadside attraction that regularly draws visitors.
How do you get from Caseyville to the landmark?
The landmark is about 4.5 miles from First Western Inn, which offers rooms at First Western Inn for a visit to the tower. The official directions do not give a driving route from Caseyville. Use the Collinsville address to plan your route, and follow directions to Illinois Route 159 and South Morrison Avenue.
The official directions place Collinsville about 12 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri, on I-55/70. For more context on the area around your starting point, the Caseyville local visitor guide covers the town.
What to expect at the roadside attraction
The tower is a water tower, not a giant bottle that visitors can enter. Its bottle-shaped tank has a 25-foot base diameter, an 8-foot-wide cap and a capacity of 100,000 gallons; the tank’s contents are not identified as catsup.
The Catsup Bottle Preservation Group began fundraising in 1993, restoration was completed in June 1995, and the structure joined the National Register of Historic Places in August 2002. The landmark website invites visitors to an adjacent store inside the Black Friday Liquidators warehouse.
Access, parking and when to plan a visit
Public parking, visitor rules, accessibility details, admission prices and hours for viewing the tower are not published. The adjacent store’s listed hours are 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., but that does not establish its regular weekly schedule. Check the official site before you go.
Plan around seeing the tower from an appropriate public vantage point; no designated photo area or roadside-safety instructions are published. If you’re building a broader day around Caseyville, the one-day itinerary near Caseyville offers another planning reference.
FAQs
Can you go inside the World's Largest Catsup Bottle?
No. It is a water tower, not an attraction visitors can enter.
How tall is the Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower?
It stands 170 feet tall, with a 70-foot steel bottle atop 100-foot steel legs.
Does the tower contain catsup?
The tank holds 100,000 gallons, but its contents are not identified as catsup.
Is the World's Largest Catsup Bottle in Caseyville?
No. It is at 800 South Morrison Avenue in Collinsville, Illinois.