41 Year Old Water Tower Heralded Marion, The Opportunity City

Perched 150 feet above the ground, two men with cutting torches have been sawing off the limb thery were sitting on this week as they dismantled the abandoned water tower that has stood at the Marion Water Plan on North Madison for 47 years.

Workmen for the Globe Construction Company of Henderson, Kentucky began taking the tower down Wednesday and expect to finish this Tuesday. They first removed the standpipe which extended from the ground 100 feet to the bottom of the elevated 150,000 gallon tank. They then began cutting away the rest of the tank in segments and dropping them one by one through the bottom. Continue reading →