Re: Mystery Water Tank

Posted by Jim Courtney on Mar 28, 2024; 4:40am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Mystery-Water-Tank-tp19563p19565.html

Wow Jeff,

Looks like you've found another of the small "three bent tanks", like those at Blackhawk, Morrison and Tunnel Gulch.
See: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-amp-S-Water-Tank-at-Blackhawk-December-11-1913-td11993.html#a12031

The arrangement of the frost box behind the trackside bent looks like the tank at Tunnel Gulch. Could this be the Tunnel Gulch tank in service?  Not sure the surrounding scenery matches . . .

Anyone know??

Looking through Mac Poor's station list, two other possibilities:

Lime Rock Tank at MP 114.20 on the Alma branch, just 0.3 miles south of Fairplay would match the inscription on the photo. Poor doesn't list the tanks capacity.

McGees at MP 126.59 on the mailnline to Buena vista, just west of Trout Creek Pass. Poor lists a tank capacity of 17,960 gallons, which is about right for a "three bent tank".

Perhaps Chris can use his Google Earth skills to confirm or exclude these two locations based on the distant scenery.