Fort Towson

The Gerlach Water Tower, on Main St. in Gerlach, Nevada, was built in 1909 by the Utah Construction Co.

It has a 44,000 gallon capacity redwood tank. It served locomotives of the Western Pacific Railroad Company and also the company town of Gerlach.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ w. E. Wieprecht (June 12, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gerlach Water Tower". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos from 1980

External links

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] w. E. Wieprecht (June 12, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gerlach Water Tower". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos from 1980

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Western Pacific Railroad
Feather River Route
Related companies	Western Pacific Sacramento Northern Tidewater Southern Central California Traction Oakland Terminal
Museums with WP holdings	Western Pacific Railroad Museum Feather River Rail Society Western Railway Museum Pacific Locomotive Association California State Railroad Museum San Francisco Maritime Museum
Preserved Equipment and Structures	Hercules (1907) Western Pacific 94 Western Pacific 805-A Western Pacific 895 Gerlach Water Tower Oakland Depot Oroville station Sacramento station