The “La Ceiba” elevated water tank is one of several similar pieces of public infrastructure established in the city of Villahermosa. They were erected during the mandate of Leandro Rovirosa Wade as Governor of the state of Tabasco. Rovirosa occupied the position between 1977 and 1982, and the water tanks across the state capital would be one of the lasting legacies of his mandate. After they fell out of use, a few of the water tanks were transformed into eclectic pieces of muralism in 2009. Of these, the best-known is…
