Water Towers

[dave lackey]

And a rail depot without a railroad?

 

[Brian Legge]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/5564961688/

 

[Out to Lunch]

The mad professor - improvised water tower near the village of Buteni, Moldova

 

[rbiemer]

Rob

 

[filmtwit]

 

[Out to Lunch]

Thanh Da Peninsula, Saigon.

 

[markjwyatt]

A cell tower disguised as a historic water tower


Chino Airport Water Tower by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[markjwyatt]

Water Tower and Tree by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[Ambro51]

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

.............

Water tower? Is this a water tower? Looks more like a lighthouse.

Mike

 

[raydm6]

Some transparencies I need to scan some time... taken about 40 years ago...

Hasselblad 500 C/M, I think the Carl Zeiss 50 f/4 Distagon CF, Kodak Ektachrome


Arlington Reservoir Water Tower - Arlington, Massachusetts, USA by rdc154, on Flickr

More here... the tower holds 2,000,000 gallons of water:
https://iconsofarlington.com/2019/10...r-water-tower/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arling...Massachusetts)

 

[neal3k]

Duluth, Minnesota, Fuji X100S


Water Tower Pair by Neal Wellons, on Flickr

 

[AndersG]

Water tower, Göteborg, Sweden. June 2021.
Canon 7, Canon 50mm/1.4 and Kodak Tri-X 400TX at 1/500 sec, f/8.
Developed in R09 1 + 50 for 14 minutes. Initial 60 sec of inversions + 2 every 2nd minute.
Link to image.

 

[farlymac]

Sort of the standard town type, from my hometown.

Nikon D300s, DX AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm 1:3.5-5.6G ED VR

Greensburg Through The Signs by P F McFarland, on Flickr

An industrial type from what used to be part of the Dublin, VA Army Ammunition Depot

Nikon Nikkormat FT2, Nikkor-P 105mm 1:2.5, Kodak T-Max 100

Big and Tall by P F McFarland, on Flickr

Another industrial type at Iron Gate, VA

Zorki-6, Industar 26-M 50mm 1:2.8, Kodak Tri-X 400, Orange filter

Tank Top by P F McFarland, on Flickr

Large industrial type that has sprouted some cell antennas. At the Coated Products plant in Vinton, VA.

FED Zarya, Industar 26-M 50mm 1:2.8, Kodak T-Max 400

Industrial Water Tower by P F McFarland, on Flickr

And finally, back before the days of steel tanks on long legs. At Water Tank Park in Staunton, VA.

Zenit TTL, Helios 44-M 58mm 1:2, Ilford FP-4+ 125, Yellow filter

Water Tank In Sun by P F McFarland, on Flickr

PF

 

[raid]

This is very interesting! Keep on posting images.

 

[farlymac]

Water Tower and Tree by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

That, my friend, is a grain bin. One can see the drier fan connection on the lower right.

PF

 

[markjwyatt]

That, my friend, is a grain bin. One can see the drier fan connection on the lower right.

PF

I, my friend, am clearly not a farmer! Would be a pretty weak water tower actually...

 

[mnutzer]

• Hoyerswerda • Eastern Germany • Leica M 8.2 • 'lux 1.4-75 •
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[farlymac]

I, my friend, am clearly not a farmer! Would be a pretty weak water tower actually...

Yeah, lots of seams to spring leaks.

PF

 

[farlymac]

Railroads build anything that suits their purpose for water storage.

Staunton, VA, across from the former C&O station platform.
Minolta Hi-Matic 7, Rokkor-PF 45mm 1:1.8, Kodak Color Plus 200

Water Tank by P F McFarland, on Flickr

At the former N&W yard in Bluefield, WV
FED Zarya, I-26M 50mm 1:2.8, Ilford Delta 100

Bluefield, WV NS Locomotive Shop and Water Tower by P F McFarland, on Flickr

PF