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Is 27 fathoms as long as The Chicago Water Tower?

It's about one-and-one-tenth times as tall as The Chicago Water Tower
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The height of The Chicago Water Tower is about 25.60 fathoms.
(Chicago, Illinois)
The Chicago Water Tower is 25.60 fathoms tall. The tower's architecture was one source of inspiration behind the design of White Castle fast-food restaurants beginning with "Building Number 8," a prefabricated structure built in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1936.
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