Concrete Water Tank - Chesapeake

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The tank was built into the top of the structure. The bottom part of the
cylinder sort- of replaces any exposed steel/wood  structure on similar
designs. Needless to say, virtually maintenance free.
Charlie Long
On Feb 4, 2015 1:58 PM, "NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List" <
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>  Or was the water storage tank on top of the structure Jeff photographed?
> Perhaps the remaining concrete structure supported the tank. Certainly
> could not contain much water with the "window" openings. TY4 posting the
> photos.
> Terry Marshall
> Hagerstown, MD
>
>  In a message dated 2/4/2015 10:40:55 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
>
> The N & W was big on water treatment of water that went into boilers. Were
> these tanks/structures possibly part of a water-softening plant?
>
> Bruce in Blacksburg
> On Feb 4, 2015 9:46 AM, "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Cool, hard to believe its still there!! BTW, why windows in a water
>> tank??
>>
>>
>>  Walter Gay
>> waltrail1 at verizon.net
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Feb 4, 2015, at 8:33 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  This past Saturday I traveled to Tidewater to document some N&W and VGN
>> infrastructure.  At the top of my list was the N&W concrete water tank at
>> Yadkin.  Attached are seven photographs of the exterior and interior.
>>
>> When were these built and what was their capacity?  I've seen photos of
>> similar tanks at Lambert's Point, Wilson and Pulaski.  Where else were they
>> located?
>>
>> Jeff Hawkins
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