The Water Tower from the Ground

The water-tower views reminded me that I have a photo of the water tower taken from the ground. Or near the ground.


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Images courtesy of E. Harms.

The year was 1947, and even NIPSCO* had caught centennial fever: here we see Eldon Harms, an employee, painting the window frames of the NIPSCO building to make it look nice for the big celebration in July. In the background is the water tower, and you can see a catwalk around it, which was probably where yesterday's water-tower views were shot from.

The water tower is gone now. So is the building Eldon was painting. Only the brick building between them still stands at the east end of Jerry Pavese Park.


Another view of the NIPSCO building and the same employee up the ladder:



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*I use the name "NIPSCO" loosely. This utility operation may or may not have gone by that name in 1947; eventually it did.