This morning I went for a run and, along the way, I saw a huge crane lifting up some sort of vertical piece of pipe next to the road in a cleared off area. When I came back that way, there was a bottom half of the structure in place. A Water Tower !
I quickly ran home and grabbed Kim. We jumped in the car and drove, about a mile, up the side road to watch. The man in charge came over to our van and told us they were putting the final pieces together for a new water tower. So we stayed for about an hour and watched. Here's a sequence of photos....
...watch the "photo" that says "A Movie". It's a movie of the crane lifting up the top half.
Here's a couple of examples of finished water towers.
Nice, nice serendipity to our travels.
Steve and Kim
Water Tower Construction
Friday, July 31, 2015
Brimley, Michigan, United States
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Jill cross
2015-08-18
That was such a cool thing to see; thanks for sharing such an interesting site
Roger Putty
2015-08-18
Well, Steve, of course I thought that was cool! Thanks for sharing!
Barbara DeLaney @ Dixon Y
2015-08-18
Very interesting process. The trees showed a fair amount of wind, but didn't seem to hamper the lid.