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The water tank is constructed of horizontally curved cypress battens and dates to 1927. The roof of the water tank was originally cedar shingles but it was replaced in 2003 with plywood and rolled shingles. The 18 by 12 feet (5.5 by 3.7 m) single story brick structure on the east side may have
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wood tank measure 104 feet (32 m) high and 20 feet (6.1 m) in diameter. The brick walls are 2 feet (0.61 m) thick. The water tank holds 66,000 US gallons (250,000 L). The double semicircular header bond arched opening holds two ledged batten doors that open out. A dedication
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The Water Tower was built in 1897 by
Challenge Wind and Feed mill Company of Batavia, Illinois. This is a rare wooden tank atop a brick tower type of
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Remington & Vicinity, Jasper County, Indiana. Logansport, IN: Press of Wilson, Humphreys, & Co, 1894.
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Shearer, Robert B. "Remington, Then and Now" taken from
History of Jasper County, Indiana. Jasper & Newton Counties Genealogical Society, 1985.
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foundation, it is 140 feet (43 m) tall and about 20 feet (6.1 m) in diameter. The brick walls are 2 feet (0.61 m) thick.
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Walker, Amy. Series of interviews with Mark Jones & Kay Brown in
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Register of Historic Places nomination for the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics Stone Water Towers, Gallia County, Ohio, 1978.
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fire bell. By 1890 when the town government had outgrown its jail building, the jail was sold to purchase a lot and school.
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Ohio Historic Preservation Office. Historic Inventory Cards for Water Towers. Columbus, Ohio, 1977–78.
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line, established in 1859. The water tower was in use until 1984 when a new water tower was built.
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1003:Vermillion
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943:St. Joseph
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758:Huntington
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133:40°45′43″N
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