The only known photo of an intact Midway Water Tank

[Kurt Maechner]

Certain C&Sng water tanks have gotten lots of photographic attention during operation days and even during abandonment.  Some, however, never graced a single negative, or if they did, they haven’t surfaced or aren’t widely circulated.  Such has been the case with Midway Tank at MP 168.66 on the western slope of the route through the Alpine Tunnel, that is, until recently.

I think I "found" (maybe "recognized" is a better word) what might be the only known photo of an intact Midway Water Tank.  Check out my blog post here to see how I came to the conclusion that this is Midway Tank before its collapse.  

Enjoy,
Kurt

Midway Tank on June 24, 1956

[Kurt Maechner]

Here is the photo version I originally saw.  It is more colorful, though, as I later discovered, backwards.

[Chris Walker]

Kurt,

My memory is not crystal clear on this.  I am fairly certain that is one of Jim Ozment's. It feels familiar to me from on one of my trips, but like hundreds of images of abandoned relics, I did not pursue that other than a discussion.

[Kurt Maechner]

I wonder if the rest of my photo batch from eBay are Jim's photos.

[Jimmy Blouch]

Kurt Maechner wrote

I wonder if the rest of my photo batch from eBay are Jim's photos.

Very Likely.

At one time son Doug was selling a large quantity.

Jimmy