New Jersey’s Steeples – Reaching Toward The Divine?

groundwater monitoring well, has become NJ's symbol of pervasive toxic contamination (on farmland no less), forms foreground of church steeple (Hopewell Borough)

[Source: Wikipedia]

Steeple (architecture)

A steeple, in architecture, is a tall tower on a building, often topped by a spire. Steeples are very common on Christian churches and cathedrals and the use of the term generally connotes a religious structure. They may be stand-alone structures, or incorporated into the entrance or center of the building.

Architectural

Steeples generally serve as bell or clock towers. Towers were not a part of Christian churches until about AD 600, when they were adapted from military watchtowers. At first they were fairly modest and entirely separate structures from churches. Over time, they were incorporated into the church building and capped with ever-more elaborate roofs until the steeple resulted.

Towers are a common element of religious architecture worldwide and are generally viewed as attempts to reach skyward toward Heavens and the Divine.[1]

can you find the monitoring well?

Old barn, porta pottie, and toxic site cleanup truck. Hopewell Borough, NJ

the old (background) and the new come together in Hopewell Borough, NJ

sign of the times - are we reaching toward the divine?