Hoosier -- Ghost of C&S "Three Bent Tank"?
Posted by Chris Walker on
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I wanted to see if this played out in the original thread http://c-sng-discussion-forum.41377.n7.nabble.com/Coal-and-Water-on-the-South-Park-tp1381p2272.html and sow the seeds of (yet
) another of my theories, but no-one answered and I went off elsewhere. 
What I believe is this picture was taken at the Hoosier Tank location and just not recognised as a separate locality by the Authors of the three books I know this to have been published in: C&Sng, Mineral Belt V-1 and CRRA #12.
The key is the Cross-Bucks in the rear, quite clearly shown and that the photographer known to be chasing the train would be stopped on the Highway, which pre re-alignment, did cross the C&S Mainline twice at Hoosier but only once at Kenosha, and that was South of, at the Wye.
The angle of the Highway Crossing is also progressing from the left looking East, which it would not be if this was the Western most Crossing where the Railroad turned up Hoosier Cr. and the Highway stayed on another drainage(not Kenosha Cr.)
There is also a somewhat steeper ridgeline to the right that does not happen at the Summit.
If I was to guesstimate the location, it looks to be above the "9" of the 9985 foot elevation notation on the Topograpical Map presented below.
Mac Poor states in D,SP&P.... 47,500 gal. wood water tank. Records tell us the water supply here was not only bad but that it was also limited.
USGS http://historicalmaps.arcgis.com/usgs/
USGS http://historicalmaps.arcgis.com/usgs/
GoogleMaps.
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-Water-Tank-at-Blackhawk-and-the-Three-Bent-Water-Tanks-tp11993p12226.html
I wanted to see if this played out in the original thread http://c-sng-discussion-forum.41377.n7.nabble.com/Coal-and-Water-on-the-South-Park-tp1381p2272.html and sow the seeds of (yet
) another of my theories, but no-one answered and I went off elsewhere. What I believe is this picture was taken at the Hoosier Tank location and just not recognised as a separate locality by the Authors of the three books I know this to have been published in: C&Sng, Mineral Belt V-1 and CRRA #12.
The key is the Cross-Bucks in the rear, quite clearly shown and that the photographer known to be chasing the train would be stopped on the Highway, which pre re-alignment, did cross the C&S Mainline twice at Hoosier but only once at Kenosha, and that was South of, at the Wye.
The angle of the Highway Crossing is also progressing from the left looking East, which it would not be if this was the Western most Crossing where the Railroad turned up Hoosier Cr. and the Highway stayed on another drainage(not Kenosha Cr.)
There is also a somewhat steeper ridgeline to the right that does not happen at the Summit.
If I was to guesstimate the location, it looks to be above the "9" of the 9985 foot elevation notation on the Topograpical Map presented below.
Mac Poor states in D,SP&P.... 47,500 gal. wood water tank. Records tell us the water supply here was not only bad but that it was also limited.
USGS http://historicalmaps.arcgis.com/usgs/
USGS http://historicalmaps.arcgis.com/usgs/
GoogleMaps.
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