Commerce, Oklahoma Pictures of the old and new water tower |
About March 2001, I took this photo of the old and new towers sitting next to each other. The old tower was built in 1915 and served Commerce for 85 years. These old style towers are rapidly dissappearing and the only other one that I know of is at Fairland, Oklahoma. Before I realized it, the water towers at Quapaw, Picher, and Cardin were gone. They are some of the last relics of bygone days. Photo by John Schehrer |
This photo was sent to me in June, 2001 and you can see the old tower is coming down. By July, the old tower was gone. By looking at the top photo, the old tower looks biggr than the new tower. When looking at this photo, the opposite is true. Photo by Dale Allen |
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