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Corvallis water works tower

Date
  • 1890
Description
  • View from southwest looking across the intersection of Main (2nd street) and Adams streets. The tower had two tanks, 30,000-gallon capacity each, filled from the Willamette River by the windmill and two steam pumps below the tower. Highest tank was 70 feet above ground. Buildings on street level: Left, implement shed attached to the brick store building J. C. Avery built in the 1850's. It was later occupied by Robnett's Hardware. Between the trees: Chinese laundry with drying sheds behind. Site was later occupied by Old World Center. Behind the telephone pole: blacksmith shop or carriage storage; it was used for both purposes. Right: behind picket fence was a private dwelling. Photo was from the Tom Warren collection.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Identifier
  • MSS_Munford148
Local Collection Name
Institution
Conversion
  • Master scanned with Epson 1640XL scanner at 600 dpi. Image manipulated with Adobe Photoshop ver. 7.0.
Submission Date
  • 08/12/2015
Modified
  • 05/26/2023
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "Corvallis water works tower" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df70dp28x

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Buildings http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85017769
2 Water towers http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145660
3 photographs http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300046300
4 photographic prints http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300127104
5 Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5720727/
6 J. Kenneth Munford Collection, 1866-2000 (MSS Munford) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/mss_munford
7 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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