Name/Title
Douglas Water Tower - digital imageEntry/Object ID
2023.10.95Description
Photo of the Douglas Water Tower as it is falling prior to demolition. The base of the tower is hidden by trees and shrubbery. In the foreground the top of a pick-up truck is visible.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Digital scanSubject Person or Organization
Root Beer Barrel 1950-, Douglas Water TowerContext
The tower once stood on the Douglas city property that is at the SW corner of Center and Ferry Street. In the 2010s, the site became the home of the restored Douglas Root Beer Barrel.Collection
Utilities and public infrastructure, Pixels onlyCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2023.10Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLocation
* Untyped Location
Digital data in CatalogItGeneral Notes
Note
These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023. The location of an original or printed version of these photos was unknown at the time of cataloging.Note
From the Sept. 2016 SDHC newsletter, "We have a story for the 2017 museum exhibition
Cold War: Hot Towns of a motorcycle gang in the early 1960s taking over the land around the Douglas water tower for their campground, causing such a scare that neighborhood kids could no longer walk to the beach unaccompanied by an adult. Other stories tell of how the road to the Oval frequently became a motorcycle race track-day and night."Create Date
July 20, 2023Update Date
August 24, 2025
