File:VIEW SHOWING EAST AND NORTH SIDES OF WATER STORAGE TOWER - Clay Spur Bentonite Plant and Camp, Water Tower, Clay Spur Siding on Burlington Northern Railroad, Osage, Weston HAER WYO,23-OSAG.V,1-C-2.tif

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VIEW SHOWING EAST AND NORTH SIDES OF WATER STORAGE TOWER - Clay Spur Bentonite Plant and Camp, Water Tower, Clay Spur Siding on Burlington Northern Railroad, Osage, Weston County, WY
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VIEW SHOWING EAST AND NORTH SIDES OF WATER STORAGE TOWER - Clay Spur Bentonite Plant and Camp, Water Tower, Clay Spur Siding on Burlington Northern Railroad, Osage, Weston County, WY
Depicted place Wyoming; Weston County; Osage
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions height: 5 in (12.7 cm); width: 4 in (10.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,4U218593
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER WYO,23-OSAG.V,1-C-2
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  • Significance: The Clay Spur Bentonite Plant and Camp is associated with the early 20th century bentonite mining industry in Wyoming and the United States. The Clay Spur Bentonite District was the center of the pioneer Wyoming bentonite industry and remained the premier Wyoming producing district until reserves began to dwindle in the 1950s. The plant embodies the distinctive engineering technology of the bentonite industry. The camp also reflects early twentieth century company town architecture with simple buildings and floor plans that could be quickly and cheaply constructed and adapted to many different uses. The water storage tower is wood frame with a 19-foot square base consisting of a tapered wood frame enclosure covered with corrugated metal sheeting. A hexagonal-shaped wooden deck is built on top of the base about twenty feet above the ground. A large metal water tank, nine feet in diameter and about ten feet high, rests on the platform. There is a metal ladder leading to the deck and to the top of the water tank. There are wooden railings around the platform. A door on the south elevation of the base leads to the interior of the tower. The interior is empty except for the central pipes leading from the well up to the storage tank. There is a wooden rail fence, 16 feet east-west by 21 feet north-south, around the front of the water tower. Early photographs indicate that the water tank has been modified and may have originally been made of wood. It was constructed between 1930 and 1934.
  • Survey number: HAER WY-23-C
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wy0204.photos.174658p
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