Re: Kenosha -- Ghost of C&S "Three Bent Tank"?

Posted by Jim Courtney on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-Water-Tank-at-Blackhawk-and-the-Three-Bent-Water-Tanks-tp11993p12221.html

So you did, Chris. I didn't notice that post at the time.

If there was a tank at Kenosha, it was likely gone before 1918 -- my C&S Valuation Map doesn't show a water tank (or any structure) at that location.

And Cliff Mestel's DSP&P B&B Inventory at http://www.railwayeng.com/dspp/rowbuild.htm shows no water tank at Kenosha prior to 1894.

I guess I can see the benefit of a water tank in that location, it could help with the watering of helpers at the top of the pass and could be fed by the small lake there.

Mac Poor's station list indicates there was a big 47,500 gal water tank located 2.3 miles downgrade to the east at Hoosier, MP 73.83; that would seem to make a water tank at Kenosha redundant. Hoosier tank is another structure that I've of which never seen a photo.

I can't think of any other structure that would set on piers right along the side of the tracks. Oh well, just another South Park / C&S mystery I guess.