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

Posted by Jim Courtney on
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Further study suggests that the "Hoosier" tank was gone before 1906 -- the employee's timetable from June, 1906, in the back of CRA-12 shows water tanks at Webster and Jefferson, but not Hoosier. If the Hoosier tank is a bit distant from Hoosier siding, as Chris has suggested, I suppose it is possible that water was not listed at Hoosier siding per se.

But the timetable does mention the tank at Buffalo (Riverview) as distinctly separate from Buffalo station; there is no mention of a similar tank near but distinctly separate from Hoosier.

One other thought, Chris: Is it possible that the location of the photo is further west, along the tangent leading to Hoosier siding? That would mean the distant road crossing in the background is the western most crossing on the valuation map. Hoosier Creek would be running parallel to the track to the right in the photo.  

I suggest this as there is another "W" sign noted upgrade from Hoosier siding, west of where the track loops back after crossing Hoosier Creek on a box culvert, located above the "E" of STATE HWY on your map. Such signs were to remind the engineer, from either direction, that he was approaching a water tank. They would be placed some distance on either side of the water tank, not at the water tank itself. If so, that would suggest that the piers in the photo are somewhere along the tangent near Hoosier siding, just a little further west than your suggested location. Hoosier siding itself may have been removed by 1937, I guess.

Anyways, just another thought.