Sedalia Water Tank

Close to my house, there is a steel water tank that is on the national register of historic places. Wikipedia has more. I actually discovered this with the Wikipedia “Nearby” special page.

If you are driving on US-85, you pass it every time you go through Sedalia, CO. I’ve never stopped to notice it previously, but now I can’t miss it. It is also known as the Santa Fe Railway Water Tank, and it is a relic of an era of freight rail that probably won’t return.

Santa Fe Railway Water Tank / Sedalia Water Tank. Photo is of a steel tank that says Sedalia, Elev. 5835 against a blue sky.
Santa Fe Railway Water Tank / Sedalia Water Tank. Elev. 5,835. Photo by Keith Novak, CC-BY-SA

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