water tank

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The photo of the Mill Creek C&CC Elkhorn Colliery company store in Billion
Dollar Coalfield (attached), shows a water tank up on the mountainside
across the mainline tracks.  It would appear to be just East of the
Maybeury station and perhaps a little bit West of the electric substation.
My question is:  Was this tank used for watering trains, and if so what was
the mechanism for doing so?  The tank is seemingly too high and to far from
the tracks for the normal spout.  Was the water piped from the tank to a
stand by the tracks?  Was this unique or were there other locations where
water tanks were remote from the tracks?
Jim Cochran

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