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Date: 06/04/23 09:14
IC wood water tower
Author: gcm

5-24-23
Beautiful 138 year old water tower along the Illinois Central in Kinmundy,Il.
This is between Centralia and Effingham.
The plaque says it all - amazing the area was still using it till 2000.

Gary

 



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Date: 06/04/23 09:15
Re: IC wood water tower
Author: gcm

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Date: 06/04/23 09:18
Re: IC wood water tower
Author: wpdude

Outstanding!

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Date: 06/04/23 11:30
Re: IC wood water tower
Author: refarkas

Wonderful historic treasure.
Bob

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Date: 06/04/23 14:48
Re: IC wood water tower
Author: wabash2800

That's nifty. Thanks for sharing. There were only a couple of wooden ones out West that I know of.

No big deal, but the correct terminology in railroad talk is usually "Water Tank". 

Victor Baird



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Date: 06/06/23 16:59
Re: IC wood water tower
Author: Seventyfive

Excellent pictures and story; many thanks!  Imagine 830,000 pounds of water sitting up there.  Wow!

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